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Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations |
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eurasia the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia
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asian country,
asian nation any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent
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anatolia,
asia minor a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey
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afghanistan,
islamic state of afghanistan a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south; "Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979"
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southeast asia a geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore
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cathay,
china,
communist china,
mainland china,
people's republic of china,
prc,
red china high quality porcelain originally made only in China
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turkestan,
turkistan a historical region of central Asia that was a center for trade between the East and the West
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canaan,
holy land,
palestine,
promised land an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
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roman empire an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome
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arabia,
arabian peninsula a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources
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bahrain,
bahrein,
state of bahrain an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s
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bangladesh,
bangla desh,
east pakistan,
people's republic of bangladesh a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971
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bhutan,
kingdom of bhutan a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India
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bharat,
india,
republic of india a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
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kingdom of nepal,
nepal a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China
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sitsang,
thibet,
tibet,
xizang an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas
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iran,
islamic republic of iran,
persia a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil
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persia,
persian empire an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC
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al-iraq,
irak,
iraq,
republic of iraq a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq
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japan,
nihon,
nippon lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient
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hashemite kingdom of jordan,
jordan an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea
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koweit,
kuwait,
state of kuwait an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum
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dae-han-min-gook,
han-gook,
korea,
korean peninsula an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook
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d.p.r.k.,
democratic people's republic of korea,
dprk,
north korea a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948
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republic of korea,
south korea a republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948
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lebanese republic,
lebanon an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean
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malay peninsula a peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar
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tartary,
tatary the vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries; "under Genghis Khan Tartary extended as far east as the Pacific Ocean"
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mongolia a vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia
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mongolia,
mongolian people's republic,
outer mongolia a vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia
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muscat and oman,
oman,
sultanate of oman a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil
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islamic republic of pakistan,
pakistan,
west pakistan a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
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parthia an ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea; it dominated southwestern Asia from about 250 BC to AD 226
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katar,
qatar,
state of katar,
state of qatar a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf
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asian russia the Russia that is part of Asia
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kazak,
kazakh,
kazakhstan,
kazakstan,
republic of kazakhstan the Turkic language spoken by the Kazak
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kirghiz,
kirghizia,
kirghizstan,
kirgiz,
kirgizia,
kirgizstan,
kyrgyzstan,
kyrgyz republic the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz
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republic of tajikistan,
tadjik,
tadzhik,
tadzhikistan,
tajik,
tajikistan an ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China
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turkmen,
turkmenia,
turkmenistan,
turkomen the Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman
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republic of uzbekistan,
uzbek,
uzbekistan the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek
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syria,
syrian arab republic an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization
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ottoman empire,
turkish empire a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire
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united arab emirates a federation of seven Arab emirates on the eastern Arabian peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; rich in oil reserves
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republic of yemen,
yemen a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990
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altai mountains,
altay mountains a mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China
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argun,
argun river,
ergun he a river in eastern Asia that arises in China and flows northeast along the border between China and Russia to become a tributary of the Amur River
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great rift valley ( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults
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kura,
kura river a river in western Asia; rises in northeast Turkey and flows to the Caspian Sea
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Asia - the nations of the Asian continent collectively |
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accumulation,
aggregation,
assemblage,
collection the act of accumulating
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