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See also: asia, asía, Ásia, Asía, Àsia, asĩa, and .asia

English

 Asia on Wikipedia
 Asia (mythology) on Wikipedia
 67 Asia on Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English Asia, Asie, from Old French Asie and Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 (a-si-wi-ja /⁠aswijaː⁠/), in turn probably from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 (aš-šu-wa /⁠Aššuwa⁠/, “northwest Anatolia”) of uncertain origin. Potentially from an Aegean language family substrate or Akkadian. Possibly a doublet of Assuwa.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Asia (countable and uncountable, plural Asias)

  2. The largest continent, located east of Europe (typically delimited by the Urals), west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean.
    • 1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎, London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 4:
      All Aſia, which the Ancients divide into Aſia the Great and Aſia the Leſs, modern Computors part into five Diviſions, Perſia, the Turkiſh Empire, India, (to which they caſt in the adjacent Iſles) Tartary, and China.
    • 2021 March 15, Jessie Yeung, “These Asian countries are giving dual citizens an ultimatum on nationality – and loyalty”, in CNN‎:
      “A shift from jus soli to jus sanguinis has been witnessed in Asia in the course of the twentieth century,” wrote Olivier Vonk at the Maastricht Centre in a 2017 paper.
  4. (Greek mythology) A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
  5. (Greek mythology) An epithet of Athena.
  6. (Greek mythology) One of the Nereids.
  8. (astronomy) 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.
  9. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage.
    • 1994, Blake Nelson, Girl: A Novel, Simon&Schuster, →ISBN, page 81:
      And Scott Haskell started going out with this sophomore girl called Asia, who was this rich girl from Weston Heights.
  11. (historical) An ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD.

Synonyms

Meronyms

countries in Asia (appendix)edit

Holonyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

continentsedit

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Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

Asia f

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)

Betawi

Betawi Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia bew

Proper noun

Asia

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)

Corsican

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Etymology

From Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía). Compare Italian Asia and Spanish Asia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Asia f

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)

Galician

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Asia f

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
  2. (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

See also

continents: continentesedit
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German

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Āsia.

Proper noun

Asia n (proper noun, strong, genitive Asias or Asia)

  1. (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay Asija, Azia, from Dutch Azië, ultimately from Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā).

Proper noun

Asia

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
  2. (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

Alternative forms

See also

continents: benua-benuaedit

Further reading

  • “Asia”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
  • Morel, Casparus Johannus (1875), “Asia”, in Nieuw Laagmaleisch-Nederlandsch woordenboekje: bevattende de meest in gebruik zijnde woorden en spraakwendingen, ten dienste van hen, die zich op de beoefening van het Laagmaleisch, en der Maleisch-sprekenden, die zich op het Nederlandsch willen toeleggen‎, Zwolle: H. M. van Dorp.
  • Kwik Khing Djoen (1923), Kitab Vortaro: Segala Perkatahan-Perkatahan Asing Jang Soeda Oemoem Di Goena Ken Di Dalem Soerat-Soerat Kabar Melayoe [Dictionary Book: all foreign words which are commonly used in Malay newspapers], Batavia: Sin Po, page 20
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Italian

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Etymology

From Latin Ā̆sia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.zja/
  • Rhymes: -azja
  • Hyphenation: À‧sia

Proper noun

Asia f

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
    • 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle]‎, published 1991, III Come si dipartì il mondo in tre parti, e della prima detta Asia.:
      La prima e maggiore parte si chiamò Asia, la quale contiene quasi la metade e più di tutta la terra abitata
      The first and largest part [of the world] was named Asia, which comprises nearly more than a half of all inhabited land
  2. (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)
  3. a female given name

Derived terms

See also

continents: continentiedit

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

Note: as in Greek, the first vowel can be found lengthened as a poetic license; compare Ā̆rabia, Ī̆talia.

Proper noun

Ā̆sia f sg (genitive Ā̆siae); first declension

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
  2. Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

More information singular, nominative ...

Descendants

  • → Middle English: Asia, Asie (also via Old French)
  • → Old French: Asie

References

  • Asia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Asia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Azië, ultimately from Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Asia (Jawi spelling اسيا)

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
  2. (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

Descendants

See also

continents: benua-benuaedit

Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Asia

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
  2. (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

Derived terms

See also

continents: kontinentedit

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Asia

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
  2. (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

Derived terms

  • Søraust-Asia, Sudaust-Asia

See also

continents: verdsdelaredit

Occitan

Occitan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

Asia f

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
  2. (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 (a-si-wi-ja /⁠aswijaː⁠/), in turn probably from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 (aš-šu-wa /⁠Aššuwa⁠/, “northwest Anatolia”) of uncertain origin.

Proper noun

Asia ?

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
    • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
      Asia is befangen mid...þǣm gārseċġe sūþan ⁊ norþan ⁊ eastan...
      Asia is surrounded by...the southern and northern and eastern sea...
  2. (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

Usage notes

This noun is declined using Latinate endings rather than Old English endings.

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of Joasia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɕa/
  • Audio 1:(file)
  • Audio 2:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɕa
  • Syllabification: A‧sia

Proper noun

Asia f (diminutive Aśka)

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Joanna

Declension

Declension of Asia
More information singular, plural ...

Further reading

  • Asia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Asia f

  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Ásia

Romanian

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ro

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Asia f

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
  2. (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

Declension

More information singular only, indefinite ...

See also

continents: continenteedit

Romansch

Romansch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia rm

Proper noun

Asia f

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Asia f

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
  2. (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

Derived terms

See also

continents: continentesedit

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Asia

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)

See also

continents: mabaraedit

Welsh

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

Asia f

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
  2. (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

See also

continents: cyfandiroeddedit

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