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Asia

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

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

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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.

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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.
  4. (Greek mythology) A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan, Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
  6. (astronomy) 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.
  7. 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.
  9. (historical) An ancient province of the Roman Empire in modern western Turkey, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD.

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Asturian

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Asia f

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

Corsican

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Etymology

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

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Asia f

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

Galician

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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 modern western Turkey, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)
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German

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Borrowed from Latin Āsia.

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

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

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Etymology

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

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Asia

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

Alternative forms

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continents: benua-benuaedit

Further reading

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  • “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.
  • 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[2], 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

Italian

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Etymology

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

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

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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]‎[3], 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 modern western Turkey, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)
  3. a female given name

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā).

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

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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 modern western Turkey, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Ā̆sia
genitive Ā̆siae
dative Ā̆siae
accusative Ā̆siam
ablative Ā̆siā
vocative Ā̆sia
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Descendants

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

References

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  • 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

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

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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 modern western Turkey, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

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continents: benua-benuaedit

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Proper noun

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Asia

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Asia

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

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Occitan

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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 modern western Turkey, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)
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Old English

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Etymology

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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.

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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 modern western Turkey, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

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

Polish

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Etymology

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Clipping of Joasia.

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Asia f (diminutive Aśka)

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Joanna

Declension

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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

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  • Asia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Asia f

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

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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 modern western Turkey, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

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Declension of Asia
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative Asie Asia
genitive-dative Asii Asiei
vocative Asie, Asio

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Romansch

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Asia f

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

Spanish

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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 modern western Turkey, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

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Swahili

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Asia

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

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Welsh

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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 modern western Turkey, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

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