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Western Asia

Western Asia proper noun: synonym of West Asia.

Proper noun (1)

Western Asia

  1. Synonym of West Asia.
    • The celebrated current of the Euphrates, was divided, according to the Arabian geographer, whom Bochart follows, into five channels or branches, one of which led to Cufa in Chaldea; and on the banks of another, was ſeated the “Golden Babylon” once the proud miſtreſs of the eaſtern world, being the...1795, William Ouseley, Persian Miscellanies: An Essay to Facilitate the Reading of Persian Manuscripts, London, pages 105–106
    • Other geographers have divided Asia into five districts, the first, Western Asia, containing Persia, the Peninsula of Arabia, the countries under the actual or nominal dominion of Turkey, which comprehend Mesopotamia, part of Armenia, Syria, and Palestine; and Palestine; Asia Minor, surrounded on...1850, John P. Lawson, The Bible Cyclopedia, volume 1, page 115
    Synonyms:
    West Asia

Proper noun (2) capitalized: western Asia

western Asia

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Western Asia.

Synonyms of Western Asia

Words formed from Western Asia

Questions about Western Asia

What does Western Asia mean?
Western Asia means synonym of West Asia.
What part of speech is Western Asia?
Western Asia is a proper noun.

Words near Western Asia in the dictionary

  1. Western Africa
  2. Western Apache
  3. Western Aramaic
  4. Western Armenia
  5. Western Armenian
  6. Western Asia
  7. Western Asian
  8. Western astrology
  9. Western Australia
  10. Western Australian
  11. Western Australian pitcher plant

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