South Asia

English

Proper noun

South Asia

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

Usage notes

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

Translations

South Asia

• Arabic: جَنُوب آسِيَا‎ f (janūb ʾāsiyā)
• Armenian: Հարավային Ասիա (Haravayin Asia)
• Belarusian: Паўднё́вая А́зія f (Paŭdnjóvaja Ázija)
• Bengali: দক্ষিণ এশিয়া (bn) (dôkkhiṇ eśiya)
• Bulgarian: Ю́жна А́зия f (Júžna Ázija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南亞 (zh), 南亚 (zh) (Nányà)

  Min Nan: 南亞, 南亚 (Lâm-A)

• Czech: Jižní Asie f
• Danish: Sydasien
• 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 (asie teaksən)
• Korean: 남아시아 (Nam-Asia)
• Lao: ອາຊີໃຕ້ (’ā 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 (dakṣiṇa eśiyā)
• Norwegian: Sør-Asia
• Persian: آسیای جنوبی‎ (âsiyâ-ye jonubi)
• Polish: Azja Południowa f
• Portuguese: Ásia do Sul f, Ásia Meridional f
• Russian: Ю́жная А́зия f (Júžnaja Ázija)
• Sanskrit: दक्षिण एशिया n (dakṣiṇa eśiyā)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јужна Азија f

  Roman: Južna Azija f

• Sinhalese: දකුණු ආසියාව (dakuṇu āsiyāva)
• Slovak: Južná Ázia f
• Slovene: Južna Azija f
• Spanish: Asia del Sur m
• Swahili: Asia ya Kusini
• Swedish: Sydasien
• Telugu: దక్షిణ ఆసియా (dakṣiṇa āsiyā)
• Thai: เอเชียใต้ (aychia dtâi)
• Tibetan: ཤར་གླིང་ལྷོ་རྒྱུད (shar gling lho rgyud)
• Turkish: Güney Asya (tr)
• Turkmen: Günorta Aziýa
• Ukrainian: Півде́нна А́зія f (Pivdénna Ázija)
• Vietnamese: Nam Á (南亞)