Asia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English Asia, Asie, from Old French Asie and Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Asíā), 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[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.ʒə/, (dated) /ˈeɪ.ʃə/
- (Indian English) IPA(key): /ˈeː.ʃja/, /ˈeɪ.ʃja/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʒə, -eɪʃə
Proper noun[edit]
Asia (countable and uncountable, plural Asias)
- A continent located east of Europe (typically delimited by the Urals), west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean.
- (Greek mythology) A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan, Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
- (astronomy) 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.
- 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.
- An ancient province of the Roman Empire, in modern western Turkey.
Synonyms[edit]
- (continent) Asia Major;
- (Roman province) Phrygia, Roman Asia
Meronyms[edit]
- Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, West Asia
- (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
Holonyms[edit]
- (continent): Eurasia, Afro-Eurasia, Earth
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the continent of Asia
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province of Roman empire
See also[edit]
- (continents) continent; Africa, America (North America, Central America, South America), Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Oceania (Category: en:Continents)
Anagrams[edit]
Asturian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Asia f
- Asia (a continent)
Corsican[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía). Compare Italian Asia and Spanish Asia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Asia f
- Asia (a continent)
Galician[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Asia f
- Asia (a continent)
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- (continents) continente; África, América (Norteamérica/América do Norte, Suramérica/América do Sur), Antártida, Asia, Europa, Oceanía (Category: gl:Continents)
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Asia n (proper noun, strong, genitive Asias or Asia)
- (historical) Asia (province of the Roman Empire, in the western part of modern-day Turkey, later called Phrygia in the Byzantine era)
Related terms[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Malay Asija, from Dutch Azië, ultimately from Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Asíā).
Proper noun[edit]
Asia
- Asia (a continent)
See also[edit]
- (continents) benua-benua; Afrika, Amerika (Amerika Utara, Amerika Selatan), Antarktika, Asia, Eropa, Oseania (Category: id:Continents)
Further reading[edit]
- “Asia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
- Morel, Casparus Johannus (1875) “Asia”, in Nieuw Laagmaleisch-Nederlandsch woordenbooekje: 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[1], H. M. van Dorp
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Ā̆sia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Asíā).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Asia f
- Asia (a continent)
- 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle][2], 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
- a female given name
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- (continents) continente; Africa, America (America meridionale, America settentrionale), Antartide, Asia, Europa, Oceania (Category: it:Continents)
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Asíā).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.si.a/, [ˈäːs̠iä] or IPA(key): /ˈa.si.a/, [ˈäs̠iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.si.a/, [ˈäːs̬iä]
Proper noun[edit]
Ā̆sia f sg (genitive Ā̆siae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Ā̆sia |
| Genitive | Ā̆siae |
| Dative | Ā̆siae |
| Accusative | Ā̆siam |
| Ablative | Ā̆siā |
| Vocative | Ā̆sia |
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- 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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Asia, ultimately from Latin Asia.
Proper noun[edit]
Asia
- Asia.
Further reading[edit]
- “Asia” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Asia
- Asia (a continent)
Derived terms[edit]
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Asia
- Asia (a continent)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- (continents) verdsdelar; Afrika, Amerika, Antarktis, Asia, Europa, Nord-Amerika, Oseania, Sør-Amerika/Sud-Amerika (Category: nn:Continents)
Occitan[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Asia f
- Asia (a continent)
Related terms[edit]
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Asia f (diminutive Aśka)
- a diminutive of the female given name Joanna
Declension[edit]
Declension of Asia
Further reading[edit]
- Asia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Asia f
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Asia f
- Asia (a continent)
Declension[edit]
declension of Asia (singular only)
See also[edit]
- (continents) continent; Africa, America (America de Nord, America de Sud), Antarctica, Asia, Europa, Oceania (Category: ro:Continents)
Romansch[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Asia f
- Asia (a continent)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Asia f
- Asia (a continent)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- (continents) continente; África, América (Norteamérica/América del Norte, Sudamérica/Suramérica/América del Sur), Antártida, Asia, Europa, Oceanía (Category: es:Continents)
Swahili[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Asia
- Asia (a continent)
See also[edit]
- (continents) mabara; Afrika (“Africa”), Amerika (“America”), Antaktika (“Antarctica”) or Antaktiki, Asia (“Asia”), Ulaya (“Europe”) or Uropa, Amerika ya Kaskazini (“North America”), Australia (“Oceania”), Amerika ya Kusini (“South America”) (Category: sw:Continents) [edit]
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