Eurasian

English

Etymology

Euro- +‎ Asian. Attested since 1844.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən, -eɪʒən

Adjective

Eurasian (comparative more Eurasian, superlative most Eurasian)

1. Of or pertaining to the continent of Eurasia, or to both Europe and Asia.
2. Having mixed European and Asian ancestry.

   Hypernym: Whasian

   • 2018, Ling Ma, chapter 8, in Severance, →ISBN:

     They were advertising Japanese whiskeys, Macau casino-resorts, and skin-whitening creams for women. A Eurasian-looking model with black hair and blue eyes delicately stroked her cheek in a paean of self-care.

Synonyms

• Eurasiatic
• Europasian

Derived terms

• Eurasian badger
• Eurasian bittern
• Eurasian blackbird
• Eurasian blackcap
• Eurasian black vulture
• Eurasian bullfinch
• Eurasian collared dove
• Eurasian crag martin
• Eurasian eagle owl
• Eurasian Economic Union
• Eurasian golden plover
• Eurasian hobby
• Eurasianism
• Eurasianist
• Eurasian jay
• Eurasian lynx
• Eurasian magpie
• Eurasian nuthatch
• Eurasian pygmy owl
• Eurasian scops owl
• Eurasian siskin
• Eurasian sparrowhawk
• Eurasian spoonbill
• Eurasian stone-curlew
• Eurasian teal
• Eurasian thick-knee
• Eurasian three-toed woodpecker
• Eurasian treecreeper
• Eurasian tree sparrow
• Eurasian Union
• Eurasian wigeon
• Eurasian woodcock
• Eurasian wren
• Eurasian wryneck
• Transeurasian

 

Related terms

• Eurasiafrican

Translations

pertaining to Eurasia

• Catalan: eurasiàtic (ca)
• Danish: eurasisk
• Dutch: Euraziatisch (nl)
• Finnish: euraasialainen (fi)
• French: eurasiatique (fr)
• Galician: eurasiático (gl)
• German: eurasisch (de)
• Hungarian: eurázsiai (hu)
• Irish: Eoráiseach
• Kazakh: еуразиялық (euraziälyq)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eurasisk, eurasiatisk

  Nynorsk: eurasisk, eurasiatisk

• Polish: eurazjatycki (pl)
• Portuguese: eurasiático (pt), euro-asiático, eurasiano, eurásio
• Romanian: eurosiatic m, euroasiatică f
• Russian: еврази́йский (ru) (jevrazíjskij)
• Spanish: euroasiático, eurasiático
• Swedish: eurasisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: євразі́йський (jevrazíjsʹkyj)
• Vietnamese: Á-Âu

Noun

Eurasian (plural Eurasians)

1. Any person native to Eurasia, or descended from people native to Eurasia.
2. A person of mixed European and Asian ancestry.

   Hypernym: Whasian

3. (dated) A person of European ancestry born in Asia.

Synonyms

• Eurasiatic
• Europasian

Translations

person native to Eurasia

• Finnish: euraasialainen (fi)
• Galician: eurasiático (gl)
• German: Eurasier m, Eurasierin f
• Irish: Eoráiseach m
• Portuguese: eurasiano m, eurasiático (pt) m
• Russian: еврази́ец (ru) m (jevrazíjec), еврази́йка f (jevrazíjka)
• Swedish: eurasier (sv) c
• Turkish: Avrasyalı
• Vietnamese: người Á-Âu

See also

• (person of mixed European and Asian ancestry): Amerasian, hapa