Eurasia

[yoo-rey-zhuh, -shuh, yuh-] /yʊˈreɪ ʒə, -ʃə, yə-/
noun
1.
Europe and Asia considered together as one continent.
Origin
Eur- + Asia
Examples from the web for Eurasia
  • In the origins and spread of agriculture and pastoralism in Eurasia.
British Dictionary definitions for Eurasia

Eurasia

/jʊəˈreɪʃə; -ʒə/
noun
1.
the continents of Europe and Asia considered as a whole
Word Origin and History for Eurasia
n.

from Euro- + Asia. First record seems to be in H. Reusche's "Handbuch der Geographie" (1858), but cf. Eurasian.

Eurasia in Culture
Eurasia [(yoo-ray-zhuh)]

Land mass consisting of the continents of Europe and Asia.