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Eurasian

American  
[yoo-rey-zhuhn, -shuhn, yuh-] / yʊˈreɪ ʒən, -ʃən, yə- /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Eurasia.

  2. of mixed European and Asian descent.


noun

  1. the offspring of a European and an Asian.

Eurasian British  
/ -ʒən, jʊəˈreɪʃən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Eurasia

  2. of mixed European and Asian descent

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noun

  1. a person of mixed European and Asian descent

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Eurasian

First recorded in 1835–45; Eurasi(a) + -an

Example Sentences

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Brown said he is still forming his plan to reach the Eurasian pole of inaccessibility, last on his list.

From The Wall Street Journal

He grew up in Poland and holds a master’s degree from the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard, where he was a Frank Knox Fellow.

From The Wall Street Journal

Negotiations are underway with the European Union, the Eurasian Economic Union, Mexico, Chile and the South American Mercosur trade bloc, either for new deals or to expand existing agreements.

From Barron's

The same dynamic is playing out with wheat from Eurasian export powerhouses like Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine.

From Barron's

There is no assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.

From The Wall Street Journal