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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@_Truizm That statue looks like somewhere in Asia as always, might be Angkor Wat. Study Angkor Wat, Cambodia we have a deep history in Asia
moorishbrooklyn (Moorish Brooklyn) Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:52:48 -0000
@_Truizm That statue looks like somewhere in Asia as always, might be Angkor Wat. Study Angkor Wat, Cambodia we have a deep history in Asia
General Discussion : Off-Topic Discussion : What is Asia`s equivalent site to MMORPG.COM http://bit.ly/3qhqBh
mmorpg_links (mmorpg_links) Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:52:08 -0000
General Discussion : Off-Topic Discussion : What is Asia`s equivalent site to MMORPG.COM http://bit.ly/3qhqBh
Channel News Asia is talking about Kanye West and Taylor Swift, I swear.
yelrebmikng (Kimberley Ng) Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:50:19 -0000
Channel News Asia is talking about Kanye West and Taylor Swift, I swear.
@agathamaivan betul nean, cewek asia t cantek2 beda sm cewek barat..
D3V1L_B4T5 (emanuel vernando) Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:49:16 -0000
@agathamaivan betul nean, cewek asia t cantek2 beda sm cewek barat..
me and asia are hella beast #uselesstweets
sutton789 (Matthieu Sutton) Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:47:43 -0000
me and asia are hella beast #uselesstweets
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GingerAsia (GingerAsia.Com Group) Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:47:00 -0000
Recently voted BEst City Hotel In Asia - see the full review here on GingerAsia.com http://bit.ly/afwoa

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