Asia is the largest and most populous continent or region, depending on the definition. It covers 8.7 percent of the Earth's total surface area, or 29.8 percent of its land area, and it contains more than 60 percent of the world's human population.

Asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Africa-Eurasia – with the western portion of the latter occupied by Europe – lying east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas.

Etymology

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The word Asia entered English, via Latin, from Ancient Greek Ασία (Asia; see also List of traditional Greek place names). This name is first attested in Herodotus (about 440 BC), where it refers to Asia Minor; or, for the purposes of describing the Persian Wars, to the Persian Empire, in contrast to Greece and Egypt. Herodotus comments that he is puzzled as to why three different women's names are used to describe a single land mass (Europa, Asia and Libya, referring to Africa), stating that most Greeks assumed that Asia was named after the wife of Prometheus but that the Lydians say it was named after Asias, son of Cotys who passed the name on to a tribe in Sardis.

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LMAO @biiqdeal find Iraq in pink then find Asia and tell me if that's the same place lmaooooooo http://bit.ly/XBLM4
sofuknhollywood (SEBASTIAN GAME) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:53:01 -0000
LMAO @biiqdeal find Iraq in pink then find Asia and tell me if that's the same place lmaooooooo http://bit.ly/XBLM4
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Islamic Finance Asia: Maybank interested in partnering Bank Asya ... http://twurl.nl/78u3hc
RAIN WILL BE VISITING JAKARTA, INDONESIA, FOR HIS ASIA TOUR CONCERT195: On Nov 4th, 2009, Mr.Sean who is a depu.. http://bit.ly/36Mhcs
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RAIN WILL BE VISITING JAKARTA, INDONESIA, FOR HIS ASIA TOUR CONCERT195: On Nov 4th, 2009, Mr.Sean who is a depu.. http://bit.ly/36Mhcs
Question: Latin America, Africa or Asia?
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Question: Latin America, Africa or Asia?
The UrbanWire » Articles » HP SPACE: Asia's first reality series http://bit.ly/41PY5a
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@jordanknight I would love to but I live in Asia. We get nothing out here.
quinn_keshalyi (quinn keshalyi) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:50:46 -0000
@jordanknight I would love to but I live in Asia. We get nothing out here.

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