The continent of Asia, by the standard definition delimited by the Urals. 亞洲(以烏拉爾山脈為界)The former Roman province of Asia 羅馬帝國的亞細亞行省The UNSD divisions of Asia: Northern Asia (blue), Central Asia (purple), Western Asia (green), Southern Asia (red), Eastern Asia (yellow), Southeastern Asia (orange) 聯合國對亞洲的統計學分區:北亞(藍色)、中亞(紫色)、西亞(綠色)、南亞(紅色)、東亞(黃色)、東南亞(橙色)
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1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [第一卷]”, 出自 Nuova Cronica [新年代記][1], 出版於 1991, III Come si dipartì il mondo in tre parti, e della prima detta Asia.:
La prima e maggiore parte si chiamò Asia, la quale contiene quasi la metade e più di tutta la terra abitata