EURASIAN

Eurasian, Eurasiatic

(adjective) relating to, or coming from, Europe and Asia; “His mother was Eurasian, and his father Chinese”; “the Eurasian landmass is the largest in the world”

Eurasian

(noun) a person of mixed European and Asian descent

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Eu*ra"sian, n. Etym: [European + Asian.]

1. A child of a European parent on the one side and an Asiatic on the other.

2. One born of European parents in Asia.

Eu*ra"sian, a.

Definition: Of European and Asiatic descent; of or pertaining to both Europe and Asia; as, the great Eurasian plain.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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