Eurasian

adjective

Eur·​asian yu̇r-ˈā-zhən 

-shən,

yər-

1

: of a mixed European and Asian origin

2

: of or relating to Europe and Asia

Eurasian noun

Examples of Eurasian in a Sentence

a Eurasian species of bird

Recent Examples on the Web

Situated along the 25,000-mile Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the confluence of the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, the island is still one of the most seismically active places on the planet. —Robin Catalano, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2025

Haugen is seeing more and more Eurasian wigeon, which are rare ducks for most of us. —Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2025

This location—where the Pacific plate is plunging below an arm of the North American plate and in the vicinity of the Eurasian plate—can produce widespread, highly destructive tsunamis. —Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 30 July 2025

Here, the single largest piece of Earth’s crust, called the Pacific Plate, is sinking beneath the Okhotsk Plate: a smaller, vaguely triangular shard of continental crust wedged between the Pacific, Eurasian, and North American Plates. —Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Eurasian

• abrasion
• caucasian
• equation
• evasion
• invasion
• occasion
• persuasion
• asian
• suasion
• athanasian

Kids Definition

Eurasian

adjective

Eur·​asian yu̇-ˈrā-zhən 

-shən

1

: of or relating to Eurasia

2

: of mixed European and Asian origin

Eurasian noun