Asia is the largest continent on Earth, covering a huge area from the Middle East across India and China to Japan and Russia. It includes many countries, languages, and cultures.
From Latin “Asia,” from Greek “Asia,” originally referring to a smaller region in western Anatolia. The name’s deeper origin is uncertain, though it may relate to words meaning “east” or “sunrise.”
Asia is so big that it holds more than half of the world’s people, yet we often talk about it as if it were one place. Saying “Asia” can hide a mind-blowing variety of histories, foods, and ideas packed into that single word.
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