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Asia (continent) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 48 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.8000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 087 38 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 87.6330 decimal degrees |
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Note: Largest continent; was home to early hominids; developed domestication of animals & crops by 9000 BCE; developed complex early cultures in Mesopotamia, India, and China. |
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| Asia (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Asia (Norwegian)
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| Asia (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Asia (Indonesian)
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| Asia (Welsh)
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| Asia (Latin)
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| Asia (Basque)
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| Asia (Spanish)
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| Asia (Italian)
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| Asie (C,O,Czech)
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| Asie (French-P,U,N)
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| Asien (C,O,Swedish)
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| Asien (German)
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| Asien (Danish)
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| Asien (French,U,A)
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| Azië (C,O,Dutch)
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| Asian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| אסיה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Aasia (C,U,Finnish)
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| Aasia (Estonian)
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| an Áise (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Àsia (C,U,Catalan)
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| Asía (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Ásia (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Ásia (Northern Sami)
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| Asya (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Asya (Turkish)
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| Ázia (C,U,O,Slovak)
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| Azija (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Azija (Bosnian)
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| Āzija (C,U,Latvian)
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| Azio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Azja (C,U,Polish)
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| Ázsia (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Châu Á (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Азия (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| Азия (Russian)
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| Азія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| एशिया महाद्वीप (C,U,Hindi)
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| เอเชีย (C,U,Thai)
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| آسيا (C,U,Arabic)
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| Ασία (C,U,Greek)
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| ایشیا (C,U,Urdu)
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| アジア (C,U,Japanese)
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| 亚洲 (C,U,Chinese)
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| 아시아 (C,U,Korean)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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