Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Eurasia.
- adjective Of mixed European and Asian ancestry.
- noun A person of mixed European and Asian ancestry.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Eurasia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to Eurasia; consisting of both Europe and Asia. See
Eurasia . - Having both European and Asian connections; combining European and Asiatic blood. See II.
- noun A half-caste one of whose parents is European, or of pure European descent, and the other Asiatic: originally restricted to one born in Hindustan of a Hindu mother and a European (especially a Portuguese) father, but now applied to all half-breeds of mixed Asiatic and European blood, and their offspring. Also called
chee-chee .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A child of a European parent on the one side and an Asiatic on the other.
- noun One born of European parents in Asia.
- adjective Of European and Asiatic descent; of or pertaining to both Europe and Asia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the continent of
Eurasia . - noun A member of the Caucasoid and/or
Mongoloid racial classifications of humanity; any person native to the Eurasian continent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person of mixed European and Asian descent
- adjective relating to, or coming from, Europe and Asia
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Examples
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*** Telecommunications TeliaSonera, the Swedish telecommunications operator, said third-quarter net profit rose 19% to 5.99 billion Swedish kronor ($903 million), boosted by a strong performance by its Nordic and Baltic mobile operations and growth in Eurasian markets.
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Russia appears as the last defender of an alternative "Eurasian" - civilization marked by traditional beliefs, historical rootedness, high culture, and spiritual values.
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Both East and West instinctively recognize the truth of this, and show it by their common contempt for the "Eurasian" -- the mongrel offspring of unions between the two races.
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121The above discussion encourages scholars to take seriously the role of the SSR and of Yunnan in Eurasian interactions during both ancient and modern times.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)
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6This chapter explores the significance of Yunnan in Eurasian communications by focusing on the Southwest Silk Road.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)
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All kidding aside, we have a very long standing interest and success in investigating and prosecuting Russian organized crime, which since the breakup of the Soviet Union is called Eurasian organized crime.
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The Eurasian is a methodical and trustworthy clerk, and often occupies
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There is no concealing the fact that to the mild Gentoo the Eurasian is a very distasteful object.
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Putin, unveiled a plan this month to form a new alliance of former Soviet countries called the Eurasian Union, some of them cringed at the specter of some kind of U.S.S.R. version 2.0.
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Putin, unveiled a plan this month to form a new alliance of former Soviet countries called the Eurasian Union, some of them cringed at the specter of some kind of U.S.S.R. version 2.0.
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