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# asia

«asia» in Mova's school dictionary: **the biggest of the seven continents, with the most people** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

proper noun (Asia)

### meaning for a pupil

Asia is the biggest of the seven continents, with the most people. China, India, Japan, Korea, Indonesia and Thailand are in Asia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asia/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a place in a story; sometimes trips, distances or countries counted. In geography: Asia has the highest mountain, Mount Everest, and more people than any other continent. In science: animals of Asia include tigers, pandas and elephants. Phrases: in Asia, across Asia, South Asia, East Asia.

### examples

- Asia is the largest continent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asia/#x1)
- He traveled 3,000 miles across Asia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asia/#x2)
- The class studied 6 countries in Asia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asia/#x3)
- Their trip to Asia lasted 2 weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asia/#x4)
- Mount Everest is in Asia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asia/#x5)
- Giant pandas live in the forests of China in Asia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asia/#x6)
- More people live in Asia than on any other continent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asia/#x7)
- Rice is an important food in much of Asia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asia/#x8)
- "There are the Himalayas, the highest mountains in Asia," said the East Wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asia/#x9)

### note

Always written with a capital A: Asia. Adjective «Asian». Asia is a continent, not a country. A word of the story only; no clue to the operation.

### In the corpora

- [The common pheasant in British fields was brought from Asia long ago for hunting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house/10/)
- [Only monkeys of the Americas have gripping tails; no monkey of Africa or Asia can hang by its tail.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/156-the-amazon-canopy/13/)
- [Oranges came from Asia and spread along trade routes; in English the colour orange was named after the fruit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe/8/)
- [The longest snake is the reticulated python of Southeast Asia, and the heaviest is the green anaconda of South America.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get/2/)
- [There are eight kinds of pangolin, four in Asia and four in Africa.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «asia» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asia/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.