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- adjective of, from, or pertaining to
East Asia - noun a
person fromEast Asia
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Examples
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Bearing in mind that we are both significant countries in what you might broadly call the East Asian hemisphere.
Breakfast with Australia-New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan 2005
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Japan's proposal for a so-called East Asian community will be up for further discussion, after Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said the region should "have the aspiration that East Asia is going to lead the world."
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Japan's proposal for a so-called East Asian community will be up for further discussion, after Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said the region should "have the aspiration that East Asia is going to lead the world."
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Japan's proposal for a so-called East Asian community will be up for further discussion, after Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said the region should "have the aspiration that East Asia is going to lead the world."
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Japan's proposal for a so-called East Asian community will be up for further discussion, after Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said the region should "have the aspiration that East Asia is going to lead the world."
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While its etymology is unknown, a similar word for China was used in the ancient language Sanskrit to refer to the Asian land, and related words have also been used by speakers of East Asian languages with reference to their neighbor.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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While its etymology is unknown, a similar word for China was used in the ancient language Sanskrit to refer to the Asian land, and related words have also been used by speakers of East Asian languages with reference to their neighbor.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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As part of its "Look East" strategy, India has concluded over a dozen defense cooperation agreements over the last decade with Southeast and East Asian countries.
Asia's Great Naval Rivalry Mohan Malik 2011
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For a good if highly opinionated take on the East Asian crisis, see Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization and Its Discontents London: Penguin, 2002.
Zero-Sum Future Gideon Rachman 2011
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Gradually but unmistakably, East Asian restaurant owners have taken over a charmless Berlin street, and made it into Germany's most bountiful provider of authentic Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese food.
The End of a Cold War Confection J. S. Marcus 2011
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