Asia Pacific

Adjective

Asia-Pacific (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean, typically including much of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.
   • A special discriminatory formula is now applied to the immigration of persons who are attributable by their ancestry to an area called the Asia-Pacific triangle. This area embraces all countries from Pakistan to Japan and the Pacific islands north of Australia and New Zealand. Usually, the quota...1964, John F. Kennedy, “Where We Stand”, in A Nation of Immigrants, Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 81

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