Asia

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Engleski

Sistem

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The continent of Asia, by the standard definition delimited by the Urals.

The former Roman province of Asia

The UNSD divisions of Asia: Northern Asia (blue), Central Asia (purple), Western Asia (green), Southern Asia (red), Eastern Asia (yellow), Southeastern Asia (orange)

Etymology

From Srednji Engleski Asia, Asie, from Stari Francuski Asie and Latinski Asia, from Antički Grčki 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 dubleti of Assuwa.

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /ˈeɪ.ʒə/, (dated) /ˈeɪ.ʃə/
• (InE) MFA^(ključ): /ˈeː.ʃja/, /ˈeɪ.ʃja/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (UK):

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• Rime: -eɪʒə, -eɪʃə

Proper noun

Asia (countable and uncountable, plural Asias)

2. 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.
3. (Greek mythology) A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan, Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
4. (astronomy) 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.
5. .
   • 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.

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Synonyms

• (continent) Asia Major;
• (Roman province) Phrygia, Roman Asia

Meronyms

• 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

• (continent): Eurasia, Afro-Eurasia, Earth

Derived terms

• Asia Major
• Asia Minor
• Asian
• Asiaphile
• Asiaphilia
• Asiaphobia
• Asiaphobic
• Asiatic
• Australasia
• Central Asia
• East Asia
• Eurasia
• Lesser Asia
• Monsoon Asia
• Northeast Asia
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Southwestern Asia
• West Asia

 

Translations

the continent of Asia

province of Roman empire

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܣܝܼܵܐ f (Āsiya)
• French: Asie (fr) f
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌰 f (asia)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἀσία f (Asía)

• Marathi: आसिया m (āsiyā)
• Parthian: 𐭀𐭎𐭀𐭉𐭀 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓 (ʾsʾyʾ ḥštr /⁠āsāyā xšahr⁠/)
• Polish: Azja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ásia (pt) f
• Russian: Áziя (ru) f (Ázija)
• Sicilian: Asia f

asteroid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞洲／亚洲 (zh)

See also

• (kontinenti) continent; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America ^{(Kategorija: en:Kontinenti)}

Anagrams

• Aias, AIAs, aias, IaaS, Saia ^{(alphagram aais)}

Corsican

Etymology

From Latinski Asia, from Antički Grčki Ἀσία (Asía). Compare Italijanski Asia and Španski Asia.

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /ˈazja/

Galician

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Related terms

• asiático

See also

• Šablon:list:continents/gl

German

Etymology

Pozajmljeno od Latinski Āsia.

Proper noun

Asia

1. (historical)

Related terms

• Asien

Indonesian

Etymology

Nasleđeno od Malajski Asija, Azia, from Holandski Azië, ultimately from Latinski Asia, from Antički Grčki Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Asíā).

Proper noun

Asia

Alternative forms

• Azia (pre-1947)

See also

• Šablon:list:continents/id

Further reading

• “Asia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Šablon:R:NLN
• 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

Italian

Etymology

From Latinski Ā̆sia, from Antički Grčki Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Asíā).

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /ˈa.zja/
• Rime: -azja
• Hifenacija: À‧sia

Proper noun

Asia f

1. • 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle]‎^[1], 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

Derived terms

• Asia Minore
• asiatico

See also

• Šablon:list:continents/it

Anagrams

• saia ^{(alphagram aais)}

Latin

Etymology

From Antički Grčki Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Asíā).

Pronunciation

• () MFA^(ključ): /ˈaː.si.a/, [ˈäːs̠iä] or MFA^(ključ): /ˈa.si.a/, [ˈäs̠iä]
• () MFA^(ključ): /ˈa.si.a/, [ˈäːs̬iä]

Proper noun

Asia

2. Asia (Roman province)

Declension

First declension., singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ā̆sia
Genitive	Ā̆siae
Dative	Ā̆siae
Accusative	Ā̆siam
Ablative	Ā̆siā
Vocative	Ā̆sia

Related terms

• āsiānus
• āsiāticus
• āsius

Descendants

• → Srednji Engleski: Asia, Asie (also via Old French)
  • Engleski: Asia
• Stari Francuski: Asie
  • Francuski: 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

Etymology

From Engleski Asia, ultimately from Latinski Asia.

Proper noun

1. Asia.

Further reading

• Šablon:R:PRPM

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Asia

Derived terms

• Sørøst-Asia

See also

• Šablon:list:continents/nb

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Asia

Derived terms

• Søraust-Asia, Sudaust-Asia

See also

• Šablon:list:continents/nn

Occitan

Proper noun

Related terms

• asiatic

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of Joasia.

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /ˈa.ɕa/

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• Audio 2:

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• Rime: -aɕa
• Syllabification: A‧sia

Proper noun

Declension

declension of Asia

	singular	plural
nominative	Asia	Asie
genitive	Asi	Aś
dative	Asi	Asiom
accusative	Asię	Asie
instrumental	Asią	Asiami
locative	Asi	Asiach
vocative	Asiu	Asie

Further reading

• Asia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Asia f

1. Obsolete spelling of Ásia

Romanian

Etymology

Pozajmljeno od Antički Grčki Ἀσία (Asía).

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): [ˈa.si.a]

Proper noun

See also

• Šablon:list:continents/ro

Spanish

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /ˈasja/ [ˈa.sja]
• Rime: -asja
• Syllabification: A‧sia
• Homophone: (Latin America) hacia

Proper noun

Asia f

Derived terms

• Asia del Este
• Asia del Oeste
• Asia del Sur
• Asia Menor
• Asia Occidental
• Asia Oriental

 

Related terms

• asiático

 

See also

• Šablon:list:continents/es

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Asia

See also

• (kontinenti) 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”) ^{(Kategorija: sw:Kontinenti) [edit]}