Eurasian


[yoo-rey-zhuh n, -shuh n, yuh-] /yʊˈreɪ ʒən, -ʃən, yə-/

adjective
1.
of or relating to .
2.
of mixed European and Asian descent.
noun
3.
the offspring of a European and an Asian.
/jʊəˈreɪʃən; -ʒən/
adjective
1.
of or relating to Eurasia
2.
of mixed European and Asian descent
noun
3.
a person of mixed European and Asian descent
n.

1844, from Euro- + Asian. Originally of children of British-East Indian marriages; sense of “of Europe and Asia considered as one continent” is from 1868.

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