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# eurasian

«eurasian» in Mova's school dictionary: **about Eurasia — Europe and Asia together, the biggest…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (Eurasian); noun (a Eurasian, Eurasians — dated)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Eurasian means about Eurasia — Europe and Asia together, the biggest piece of land on Earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eurasian/#m1)

2) (science) Many animals have Eurasian in their names because they live across Europe and Asia, like the Eurasian otter or Eurasian jay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eurasian/#m2)

3) (dated) A Eurasian was a person with one European and one Asian parent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eurasian/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons Europe and Asia are often treated as one continent called Eurasia; the Eurasian plate is a huge piece of the Earth's crust. In science, species names like «Eurasian blue tit» tell where an animal lives. Phrases: «Eurasian plate», «Eurasian otter».

### examples

- The Eurasian plate is one of the biggest tectonic plates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eurasian/#x1)
- Europe and Asia together form the Eurasian landmass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eurasian/#x2)
- We saw a Eurasian jay in the woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eurasian/#x3)
- The Eurasian otter lives in rivers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eurasian/#x4)
- The Eurasian steppe is a huge grassland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eurasian/#x5)
- The Himalayas formed where the Indian and Eurasian plates meet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eurasian/#x6)

### note

Written with a capital: Eurasian. Starts with a «you» sound, so «a Eurasian», not «an». Using it for a person is old-fashioned; today people usually say «of mixed European and Asian heritage».

### Trees and pragmatics

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