Re: Afrasian?

 --- Andreas Johansson wrote:

> >No. In "Eurasia" the two components are more or less equally represented.
>
> I don't really feel that the first syllable of "Europe" plus the entirety of
> "Asia" is equal representation. (Nor do I think this's a problem.)
I hadn't thought of that. The problem is that "Asia" is a much shorter word
leaving little freedom for the disposal of letters. Besides, the letters "Eur"
have a clear and obvious connotation with Europe, much more than the letters
"As" with Asia.
But if you like, an alternative to "Eurasia" could be perhaps "Euras" or
"Euraz"?

Other contractions:
Europe, Asia, Africa > "Eurafras", "Eurafraz", "Eurafrasica", "Afraseur"
Asia, Australia > "Austrasia" (I may be hanged if this one doesn't exist
already).

 --- Nik Taylor wrote:

> http://www.scotese.com/lastice.htm
Nice link, thanks!

Jan

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