Asia

asia pronunciation: function: geographical name continent of the eastern hemisphere n of equator forming a single landmass with europe (the conventional dividing line between asia amp; europe being the ural mountains amp; main range of the caucasus mountains); has numerous large offshore islands including cyprus, sri lanka, malay archipelago, taiwan, the japanese chain, amp; sakhalin area 17,139,445 square miles (44,391,162 square kilometers)