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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@djhomeless That 717 day figure has been banded around for years. Try scoring an IP in Asia. In places they have NAT 15 levels deep!
SimonPerryman (Simon Perryman) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:58:00 -0000
@djhomeless That 717 day figure has been banded around for years. Try scoring an IP in Asia. In places they have NAT 15 levels deep!
@Dona1d urgh it turned out ok just went trick or treating didnt go out b/c my driver(asia) had the flu..how was yours..bb lost my love lol
TiKeDi (Ti Dickenson) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:57:15 -0000
@Dona1d urgh it turned out ok just went trick or treating didnt go out b/c my driver(asia) had the flu..how was yours..bb lost my love lol
RT @Rellnitty: RT @LilMissDAsia: @CherchezLaCash ight bet (asia dnt speak to her lolz - FUK OUTTA HERE RELL CUZ U NOT IN DA LOOP NO MORE! ;)
CherchezLaCash (Ashley Banks *) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:56:54 -0000
RT @Rellnitty: RT @LilMissDAsia: @CherchezLaCash ight bet (asia dnt speak to her lolz - FUK OUTTA HERE RELL CUZ U NOT IN DA LOOP NO MORE! ;)
Great pic via @christinelu ï¹  @davemcclure: East Meets West panel #rethink #Asia http://post.ly/BcPP
Kim (:: Kim Sherrell ::::) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:56:17 -0000
Great pic via @christinelu ﹠ @davemcclure: East Meets West panel #rethink #Asia http://post.ly/BcPP
[AF] Pentagon officials send H1N1 vaccine to Southwest Asia http://bit.ly/1R28U3
USGovNews (US Government News) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:55:30 -0000
[AF] Pentagon officials send H1N1 vaccine to Southwest Asia http://bit.ly/1R28U3
ASIA MARKETS: Japan Manufacturers Not Losing Edge To South Korea - CNNMoney.com: ASIA MARKETS: Japan Manufactur.. http://bit.ly/2taNsS
JapanKoreanNews (JKN) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:55:18 -0000
ASIA MARKETS: Japan Manufacturers Not Losing Edge To South Korea - CNNMoney.com: ASIA MARKETS: Japan Manufactur.. http://bit.ly/2taNsS

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