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Asia vs Turanian - What's the difference?

asia | turanian |

As proper nouns the difference between asia and turanian

is that asia is a continent located east of Europe, west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean while Turanian is any of an extensive language family spoken in northern Europe and Asia and Central Asia; Altaic; Ural-Altaic; Scythian.

As an adjective Turanian is

of or pertaining to Turan.

As a noun Turanian is

one of an extensive division of mankind, including the Mongols and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and Polynesians.

asia

English

(wikipedia Asia)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A continent located east of Europe, west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean.
  • (Greek God) A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan, Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
  • (astronomy) Short for , a main belt asteroid.
  • of modern usage, from the continent.
  • * 1994 , Girl: A Novel , Simon&Schuster, ISBN 0671897071, page 81
  • And Scott Haskell started going out with this sophomore girl called Asia , who was this rich girl from Weston Heights.
  • (historical) A province of the Roman Empire located in what is now western Turkey.
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    turanian

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to Turan.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of an extensive division of mankind, including the Mongols and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and Polynesians.
  • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Any of an extensive language family spoken in northern Europe and Asia and Central Asia; Altaic; Ural-Altaic; Scythian.
  • (Webster 1913)