East Asia

English

The UNSD definition of "Eastern Asia" (in yellow)

Proper noun

East Asia

1. The eastern part of Asia inclusive of China, Japan, and Korea and sometimes inclusive of Mongolia and some or all of Southeast Asia and the Philippines.

Synonyms

• Eastern Asia; Sinosphere, Orient (potentially offensive); Chinkland (pejorative); Far East (dated)

Holonyms

• Asia, Eurasia, Afro-Eurasia, World

Coordinate terms

• Central Asia, North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, West Asia

Derived terms

• East Asian

Translations

eastern subregion of Asia

• Arabic: شَرْق آسِيَا‎ m (šarq ʔāsiyā)
• Armenian: Արևելյան Ասիա (Arewelyan Asia)
• Afrikaans: Oos Asië
• Azerbaijani: Şərqi Asiya
• Belarusian: Усхо́дняя А́зія f (Usxódnjaja Ázija)
• Lithuanian: Rytų Azija
• Bulgarian: И́зточна А́зия f (Íztočna Ázija)
• Burmese: အရှေ့အာရှ (a.hre.ahra.)
• Catalan: Àsia Oriental f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 東亞／东亚 (zh) (Dōngyà)

• Corsican: Asia orientale (co) f, Asia urientale (co) f
• Czech: Východní Asie f
• Danish: Østasien c, Fjernøsten c
• Dutch: Oost-Azië
• Finnish: Itä-Aasia (fi)
• French: Asie de l'Est (fr) f
• Georgian: აღმოსავლეთი აზია (aɣmosavleti azia)
• German: Ostasien (de)
• Hindi: पूर्वी एशिया (pūrvī eśiyā)
• Hungarian: Kelet-Ázsia (hu)
• Indonesian: Asia Timur
• Italian: Asia orientale (it) f
• Japanese: 東アジア (ja) (ひがしアジア, Higashi-Ajia), 東亜 (ja) (とうあ, Tōa)
• Kazakh: Шығыс Азия (Şyğys Aziä)
• Khmer: នាមអសាធារណ៍ (néamʼâsathéarn៍)
• Korean: 동(東)아시아 (dong'asia), 동아(東亞) (dong'a) (rare)
• Lao: ອາຊີຕາເວັນອອກ (ʼā sī tā wen ʼǭk)
• Zulu: Impumalanga Asia
• Macedonian: Источна Азија f (Istočna Azija)
• Malay: Asia Timur
• Persian: شرق آسیا‎ (šarq-e âsiyâ), آسیای شرقی‎ (âsiyâ-ye šarqi)
• Polish: Azja Wschodnia f
• Portuguese: Ásia Oriental f
• Russian: Восто́чная А́зия f (Vostóčnaja Ázija)
• Spanish: Asia del Este
• Swahili: Asia ya Mashariki
• Swedish: Östasien (sv)
• Tajik: Осиёи Шарқӣ (Osiyoyi Šarqī)
• Thai: เอเชียตะวันออก (ee-chiia-dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk)
• Turkish: Doğu Asya (tr)
• Ukrainian: Схі́дна А́зія f (Sxídna Ázija)
• Uyghur: شەرقىي ئاسىيا‎ (sherqiy asiya)
• Uzbek: Sharqiy Osiyo
• Vietnamese: Đông Á, Á Đông

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Translations to be checked

• Armenian: Արեւելյան Ասիա (Arewelyan Asia)
• Greek: ανατολική Ασία f (anatolikí Asía)
• Hindi: पूर्वी एशिया n (pūrvī eśiyā)
• Japanese: 東アジア (ja) (ひがしあじあ, Higashi-Ajia), 東亜 (ja) (とうあ, Tōa)
• Lao: ອາຊີຕາເວັນອອກ (ʼā sī tā wen ʼǭk)
• Marathi: पूर्वी एशिया n (pūrvī eśiyā)
• Nepali: पूर्वी एशिया n (pūrvī eśiyā)
• Romanian: Asia de Est f, Asia Orientală f, Asia de Răsărit f
• Sanskrit: पूर्वी एशिया n (pūrvī eśiyā)
• Serbo-Croatian: Istočna Azija
• Thai: เอเชียตะวันออก (aychiadtàwanòk)
• Turkish: Doğu Asya (tr)
• Vietnamese: Đông Á