West Asia

English

Proper noun

West Asia

West Asia

1. The westernmost region of Asia, which includes Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Sinai Peninsula, and Transcaucasia.

   Synonyms: Southwest Asia, Southwestern Asia, Western Asia

Holonyms

• Asia

Coordinate terms

• Central Asia
• East Asia
• North Asia
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia

 

Derived terms

• NAWA
• WANA
• West Asian

 

Translations

the westernmost region of Asia

• Arabic: غَرْب آسِيَا‎ m (ḡarb ʔāsiyā)
• Armenian: Առաջավոր Ասիա (hy) (Aṙaǰavor Asia)
• Avar: Ба́кътӏерхьул А́зия (Báqxʼtʼerx̂ul Ázija)
• Azerbaijani: Qərbi Asiya
• Bulgarian: За́падна А́зия f (Západna Ázija)
• Catalan: Àsia Occidental f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西亞／西亚 (zh) (Xīyà, Xīyǎ)

• Czech: Západní Asie f
• Danish: Vestasien
• Dutch: West-Azië n
• Estonian: Lääne-Aasia
• Finnish: Länsi-Aasia (fi)
• French: Asie de l’Ouest (fr) f
• Georgian: დასავლეთი აზია (dasavleti azia)
• German: Westasien (de) n
• Greek: Δυτική Ασία f (Dytikí Asía)
• Hebrew: מערב אסיה‎
• Hindi: पश्चिमी एशिया m (paścimī eśiyā)
• Hungarian: Nyugat-Ázsia (hu)
• Icelandic: Vestur-Asía f
• Indonesian: Asia Barat
• Italian: Asia occidentale f
• Japanese: 西アジア (ja) (Nishi Ajia)
• Korean: 서(西)아시아 (Seoasia)
• Lithuanian: Vakarų Azija f
• Marathi: पाश्चात्य आशिया m (pāścātya āśiyā)
• Mongolian: Баруун Ази (Baruun Azi)
• Norwegian: Vest-Asia
• Pashto: لويديځه اسيا‎
• Persian: آسیای غربی‎ (âsiyâ-ye ğarbi)
• Polish: Azja Zachodnia (pl) f
• Punjabi: لہندا ایشیا‎
• Romanian: Asia de Vest f
• Russian: За́падная А́зия (ru) f (Západnaja Ázija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Западна Азија f

  Latin: Zapadna Azija f

• Slovak: Západná Ázia f
• Spanish: Asia Occidental f, Asia del Oeste f
• Swahili: Asia ya Magharibi
• Swedish: Västasien (sv) n
• Tagalog: Kanlurang Asya
• Tajik: Осиёи Ғарбӣ (Osiyoyi Ġarbī)
• Tamil: மேற்கு ஆசியா (mēṟku āciyā)
• Turkish: Batı Asya (tr)
• Turkmen: Günbatar Aziýa
• Ukrainian: За́хідна А́зія f (Záxidna Ázija)
• Urdu: مغربی ایشیا‎ m (maġribī eśiyā)
• Uyghur: غەربىي ئاسىيا‎ (gherbiy asiya)
• Uzbek: Gʻarbiy Osiyo
• Venetian: Àzia osidentałe f
• Vietnamese: Tây Á