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Eurasia

name
/jʊˈɹeɪ.ʒə/

Etymology

From Euro- + Asia or blend of Europe + Asia.

  1. derived from 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — “northwest Anatolia”
  2. derived from 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊
  3. derived from Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ
  4. derived from Asia
  5. derived from Asie
  6. inherited from Asia
  7. prefixed as eurasia — “Euro + Asia”

Definitions

  1. The largest and most populous landmass on Earth, a supercontinent consisting of Europe…

    The largest and most populous landmass on Earth, a supercontinent consisting of Europe and Asia; sometimes also including neighboring islands.

  2. A region comprising parts of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

    A region comprising parts of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia; the countries of the former Soviet Union and the sphere of influence of Russia.

    • The Failure of Regionalism in Eurasia and the Western Ascendancy over Russia's Near Abroad
    • Turkey is one of the regional actors with ambitions to influence regional developments in Eurasia, which is geographically a very large land mass between Eastern Europe and China.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at Eurasia. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at eurasia. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at eurasia

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA