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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Ciena buys Nortel's Metro Ethernet business - ZDNet Asia
Donald6mhyyC (Donald Cordingly) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:44:04 -0000
Ciena buys Nortel's Metro Ethernet business - ZDNet Asia
#cheatingexcuses but how u gona be mad u da one that let big booty asia come over anyway!!
SincereNotez126 (Sincerity Notez) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:42:29 -0000
#cheatingexcuses but how u gona be mad u da one that let big booty asia come over anyway!!
Reckitt Benckiser splite $1.3bn global media between Zenith and MPG. Zenith takes Asia. http://bit.ly/6jwqTq
mediaasia (Media Asia) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:42:07 -0000
Reckitt Benckiser splite $1.3bn global media between Zenith and MPG. Zenith takes Asia. http://bit.ly/6jwqTq
@adventuregirl how you doing Stef? Still in Asia? ((((hugs))) and safe travels.
Iconic88 (Iconic88) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:42:03 -0000
@adventuregirl how you doing Stef? Still in Asia? ((((hugs))) and safe travels.
@icycoldice LOL your video response to my video made me laugh:) so i guess i own the skinny world in canada, and u own the asia one:P
EricNg318 (Eric Ng) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:41:06 -0000
@icycoldice LOL your video response to my video made me laugh:) so i guess i own the skinny world in canada, and u own the asia one:P
RT @Mina1908: Explains a lot RT @readtoday: #edchat President Obama said that teachers in Asia make as much money as doctors and lawyers ...
readtoday (linda hahner) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:41:01 -0000
RT @Mina1908: Explains a lot RT @readtoday: #edchat President Obama said that teachers in Asia make as much money as doctors and lawyers ...

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