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

---

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.

More on [ Asia ]

Asia - Twitter Search

Congratulations to Santosh on the Asia Pacific Screen Awards nomination! We are of course confident that it will win! http://bit.ly/36d0xW
GKIDSfilms (GKIDS) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:20:24 -0000
Congratulations to Santosh on the Asia Pacific Screen Awards nomination! We are of course confident that it will win! http://bit.ly/36d0xW
India draw Malaysia 1-1, enter Asia Cup semifinals http://bit.ly/2XQ1Mo
msiaSunNews (msiaSunNews) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:17:51 -0000
India draw Malaysia 1-1, enter Asia Cup semifinals http://bit.ly/2XQ1Mo
UNICEF Conference Rings Alarm Bells On Child Poverty In South Asia: New data presented by UNICEF today shows th.. http://bit.ly/3F7nzL
MedicalFeed (MedicalFeed) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:17:47 -0000
UNICEF Conference Rings Alarm Bells On Child Poverty In South Asia: New data presented by UNICEF today shows th.. http://bit.ly/3F7nzL
lol i cant keep my mind made up. Chinea Brianna Manson or Asia Brianna Manson?
CookieBabiiee (....) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:16:42 -0000
lol i cant keep my mind made up. Chinea Brianna Manson or Asia Brianna Manson?
Press Release - HTC HD2 Shipping in Europe and Asia, and Coming to the US in Early 2010: TAOYUAN.. http://bit.ly/zsljy
htc_eu (HTC Europe) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:16:32 -0000
Press Release - HTC HD2 Shipping in Europe and Asia, and Coming to the US in Early 2010: TAOYUAN.. http://bit.ly/zsljy
Starship-Like Exhibition Space Will Float Around Asia in 2012 http://viigo.im/1nSu
StarkAmnesia (Simon Stark) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:16:12 -0000
Starship-Like Exhibition Space Will Float Around Asia in 2012 http://viigo.im/1nSu

Subscribe to Asia RSS feed