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 →

2) (science) Many animals have Eurasian in their names because they live across Europe and Asia, like the Eurasian otter or Eurasian jay. tree →

3) (dated) A Eurasian was a person with one European and one Asian parent. tree →

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 →
• Europe and Asia together form the Eurasian landmass. tree →
• We saw a Eurasian jay in the woods. tree →
• The Eurasian otter lives in rivers. tree →
• The Eurasian steppe is a huge grassland. tree →
• The Himalayas formed where the Indian and Eurasian plates meet. tree →

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.