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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Euro-Asian en · ADJ
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Eurasian.
Although evidence of personal ornaments is lacking, it seems likely that Paleoindians wore bone toggles, buttons, or other sewn-on ornaments common in the European Paleolithic. We can be sure that the Euro-Asian women and men who walked or paddled into America brought with them the mythology, music, dances, and religious practices of their forebears.
2014, Karen Olsen Bruhns, Karen E. Stothert, “The First Women in America”, in Women in Ancient America, 2nd edition, Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, pages 51–52:The peninsula of Arabia is repeated in the Iberian peninsula; Asia Minor and Persia in France; India in Italy; Burma, Siam, Anam, and the Eastern Archipelago in Turkey, Greece, and the Grecian Archipelago; and the Chinese Empire in Russia; while Japan is placed on the east of the Euro-Asian continent symmetrically with the British Isles on the west.
1878, George C[hristopher] M[olesworth] Birdwood, “Introduction. The Indo-Germanic shore, or litus Arianum.”, in Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878. Handbook to the British Indian Section., 2nd edition, London; Paris: Offices of the Royal Commission, page 2:Probably the most interesting claim for the hereditary study of our species was published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology in 1927 by a Russian named Manoilov, who reported that a series of simple chemicals added to a sample could distinguish Russian blood from Jewish blood. Following this, Poliakowa (1927) reported that Manoilov’s test permitted her to distinguish among the bloods of various Euro-Asian countries.
1996 December 2, Jonathan Marks, “Molecular Anthropology in Retrospect and Prospect”, in W[illiam] Eric Meikle, F[rancis] Clark Howell, Nina G[race] Jablonski, editors, Contemporary Issues in Human Evolution (Wattis Symposium Series in Anthropology; Memoir 21), San Francisco, Calif.: California Academy of Sciences, page 171:
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Euro-Asian en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Eurasian.
In some circumstances, children of mixed parentage form their own subsociety, as is true in India and adjacent countries where there are fairly large groups of Euro-Asians.
1975, Ruth S. Cavan, Jordan T. Cavan, “Cultural Patterns, Functions, and Dysfunctions of Endogamy and Intermarriage”, in Ruth E. Albrecht, E. Wilbur Bock, compilers, Encounter: Love, Marriage, and Family, 2nd edition, Boston, Mass.: Holbrook Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 181:The colored community is comparatively small and traces its origin for the most part to the days of the pioneers. It consists of Euro-Africans, some Euro-Asians and a few Asio-Africans.
1960, Thomas M[artin] Franck, “Constitutional Development of African Rights Prior to Federation”, in Race and Nationalism: The Struggle for Power in Rhodesia-Nyasaland, London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, page 9:Between the extreme poles of the white versus non-white spectrum, a layer had crystallized which, during the process of socio-economic transition, had increased considerably in number and possessed a multi-ethnic identity. It was a minority pallet that consisted not only of Euro-Asians, but also Chinese and ‘Foreign Orientals’ (of Arab, Lebanese or Indian origin).
2024, Jan Breman, “The Colour Bar as the Crux of Colonial Rule”, in Colonialism, Capitalism and Racism: A Postcolonial Chronicle of Dutch and Belgian Practice, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, page 244:
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