Asia

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.ʒə/, (dated) /ˈeɪ.ʃə/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.ʃja/, /ˈeɪ.ʃja/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʒə, -eɪʃə

Asia (usually 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^[1], 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^[2]:

     “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.

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

• Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, West Asia

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

• Aias, AIAs, aias, IaaS, Saia

Asia f

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

Asia

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈazja/

Asia f

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

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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)

• asiático

Borrowed from Latin Āsia.

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)

• Asien

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

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)

• Azia (1901–1947)

• “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^[3], 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

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

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

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]‎^[4], 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

• Asia Minore
• asiatico

• saia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.si.a], [ˈa.si.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.s̬i.a]

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

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)

First-declension noun, singular only.

• asiānus
• asiāticus
• asius

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

• 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.

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

• (Standard Literary, Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): [a.si.a]

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• Rhymes: -ja, -a
• Hyphenation: A‧si‧a

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)

• Indonesian: Asia

• "Asia" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

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)

• Sørøst-Asia

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)

• Søraust-Asia, Sudaust-Asia

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)

• asiatic

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.

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)

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

Clipping of Joasia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɕa/

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• Rhymes: -aɕa
• Syllabification: A‧sia

Asia f (diminutive Aśka)

1. a diminutive of the female given name Joanna

• “Asia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)

Asia f

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.si.a]

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)

Asia f

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈasja/ [ˈa.sja]
• Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: A‧sia
• Homophone: (Latin America) hacia

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)

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Asia

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

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)

• (countries of Asia) gwledydd Asia; Affganistan, Armenia, Aserbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhwtan, Brwnei, Cambodia, Casachstan, Catar, Coweit, Cirgistan, Cyprus, De Corea, Dwyrain Timor, yr Emiradau Arabaidd Unedig, Fietnam, Georgia, Iemen, India, Indonesia, Irac, Iran, Israel, Japan, Gwlad Tai, Gwlad yr Iorddonen, Laos, Libanus, Maleisia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Gogledd Corea, Oman, Pacistan, Palesteina, y Philipinau, Rwsia, Sawdi Arabia, Singapôr, Sri Lanca, Syria, Taiwan, Tajicistan, Tsieina, Twrci, Tyrcmenistan, Wsbecistan