South Asia

English

Proper noun

South Asia

1. All the countries of the Indian subcontinent (principally India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan) and the Indian Ocean (principally Sri Lanka, Maldives)

Usage notes

• Afghanistan, Myanmar and even Iran are sometimes included in this group

Synonyms

• Southern Asia

Holonyms

• Asia, Eurasia, Afro-Eurasia, World

Coordinate terms

• Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia, Southeast Asia, West Asia

Derived terms

• South Asian

Translations

South Asia

• Arabic: جَنُوب آسِيَا‎ m (janūb ʾāsiyā)
• Armenian: Հարավային Ասիա (Haravayin Asia)
• Azerbaijani: Cənubi Asiya
• Belarusian: Паўднё́вая А́зія f (Paŭdnjóvaja Ázija)
• Bengali: দক্ষিণ এশিয়া (bn) (dôkkhin eśiẏa)
• Bulgarian: Ю́жна А́зия f (Júžna Ázija)
• Catalan: Àsia Meridional f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南亞 (zh), 南亚 (zh) (Nányà)

  Min Nan: 南亞, 南亚 (Lâm-A)

• Czech: Jižní Asie f
• Danish: Sydasien
• Dutch: Zuid-Azië n
• Estonian: Lõuna-Aasia
• Finnish: Etelä-Aasia (fi)
• French: Asie du Sud (fr) f
• Galician: Asia do Sur
• Georgian: სამხრეთი აზია (samxreti azia)
• German: Südasien (de) n
• Greek: Νότια Ασία f (Nótia Asía)
• Gujarati: દક્ષિણ એશિયા (dakṣiṇ eśiyā)
• Hebrew: דרום אסיה‎ f (drom asia)
• Hindi: दक्षिण एशिया (hi) n (dakṣiṇ eśiyā)
• Icelandic: Suður-Asía (is) f
• Indonesian: Asia Selatan
• Japanese: 南アジア (ja) (Minami-Ajia), 南亜 (なんあ, Nan'a)
• Khmer: អាស៊ីទក្សិណ (km) (asie teaksən)
• Korean: 남(南)아시아 (Namasia)
• Lao: ອາຊີໃຕ້ (ʼā sī tai)
• Latvian: Dienvidāzija f
• Lithuanian: Pietų Azija f
• Macedonian: Јужна Азија f (Južna Azija)
• Malay: Asia Selatan
• Marathi: दक्षिण एशिया n (dakṣiṇ eśiyā)
• Mongolian: Өмнөд Ази (Ömnöd Azi)
• Navajo: Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikédaayah
• Nepali: दक्षिण एशिया (ne) n (dakṣiṇ eśiyā)
• Norwegian: Sør-Asia
• Persian: آسیای جنوبی‎ (âsiyâ-ye jonubi)
• Polish: Azja Południowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ásia do Sul f, Ásia Meridional f
• Russian: Ю́жная А́зия (ru) f (Júžnaja Ázija)
• Sanskrit: दक्षिण एशिया n (dakṣiṇa eśiyā)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јужна Азија f

  Roman: Južna Azija f

• Sinhalese: දකුණු ආසියාව (dakuṇu āsiyāwa)
• Slovak: Južná Ázia f
• Slovene: Južna Azija f
• Spanish: Asia del Sur f
• Swahili: Asia ya Kusini
• Swedish: Sydasien
• Tagalog: Timog Asya (tl)
• Telugu: దక్షిణ ఆసియా (dakṣiṇa āsiyā)
• Thai: เอเชียใต้ (th) (aychia dtâi)
• Tibetan: ཤར་གླིང་ལྷོ་རྒྱུད (shar gling lho rgyud)
• Turkish: Güney Asya (tr)
• Turkmen: Günorta Aziýa
• Ukrainian: Півде́нна А́зія f (Pivdénna Ázija)
• Urdu: جنوبی ایشیا‎ m (janūbī eśiyā)
• Uyghur: جەنۇبىي ئاسىيا‎ (jenubiy asiya)
• Uzbek: Janubiy Osiyo
• Vietnamese: Nam Á (南亞)