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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Kingfisher Airlines India increase flights to Asia region including flights to Hong Kong
airlinestravel (Brett Thomas) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:43:42 -0000
Kingfisher Airlines India increase flights to Asia region including flights to Hong Kong
All the best! ^_^ allll the way from Asia! <3 #tokiohotel #tokiohotelbestgroup
razaera (Shana Poon) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:42:22 -0000
All the best! ^_^ allll the way from Asia! <3 #tokiohotel #tokiohotelbestgroup
Infos zu Asien gesucht? Aktuelle Tipps und Wissenswertes gibt es im Online-Reiseführer von Go Asia http://www.goasia.de/reiseziele
GoAsia (Go Asia) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:41:55 -0000
Infos zu Asien gesucht? Aktuelle Tipps und Wissenswertes gibt es im Online-Reiseführer von Go Asia http://www.goasia.de/reiseziele
@nikkiovercash I miss Asia too. "In the heeeeat of the moment"
derekreeve (Derek Reeve) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:41:55 -0000
@nikkiovercash I miss Asia too. "In the heeeeat of the moment"
Air Asia launching more flights to Phuket including flights from Medan and Jakarta Indonesia from 3rd December http://www.airasia.com
airlinestravel (Brett Thomas) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:41:22 -0000
Air Asia launching more flights to Phuket including flights from Medan and Jakarta Indonesia from 3rd December http://www.airasia.com
@Noodles_x gonna do it on youth in Asia :L I don't know how to spell it. Tht injection tht gently kills ppl
Jacksonter (Jackson Terras) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:40:39 -0000
@Noodles_x gonna do it on youth in Asia :L I don't know how to spell it. Tht injection tht gently kills ppl

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