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- Asia
Entry Geographic Name
001 - CONTROL NUMBER
- control field: 75462
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
- control field: DNLM
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
- control field: 20210313223109.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS
- fixed length control field: 990101 n ancnnbabn || ana
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
- Original cataloging agency: DNLM
- Transcribing agency: DNLM
072 ## - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
- Subject category code: Z1.
- Subject category code subdivision: 252
151 ## - HEADING--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
- Geographic name: Asia
451 ## - SEE FROM TRACING--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
- Geographic name: Southern Asia
680 ## - PUBLIC GENERAL NOTE
- Explanatory text: The largest of the continents. It was known to the Romans more specifically as what we know today as Asia Minor. The name comes from at least two possible sources: from the Assyrian asu (to rise) or from the Sanskrit usa (dawn), both with reference to its being the land of the rising sun, i.e., eastern as opposed to Europe, to the west. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p82 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p34)