# Asia
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeɪ.ʒə/, (dated) /ˈeɪ.ʃə/
* (India) IPA: /ˈeː.ʃja/, /ˈeɪ.ʃja/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪʒə, -eɪʃə

### Proper noun

Asia (countable and uncountable, plural Asias)
* A continent located east of Europe (typically delimited by the Urals), west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean.
** 1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎, London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 4:All Aſia, which the Ancients divide into Aſia the Great and Aſia the Leſs, modern Computors part into five Diviſions, Perſia, the Turkiſh Empire, India, (to which they caſt in the adjacent Iſles) Tartary, and China.
* (Greek mythology) A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan, Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
* (astronomy) 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.
* 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.
* An ancient province of the Roman Empire, in modern western Turkey.

#### Synonyms

* (continent) Asia Major;
* (Roman province) Phrygia, Roman Asia

#### Meronyms

* Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, West Asia
* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Cyprus
* East Timor
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* North Korea
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Russia
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Taiwan
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

#### Holonyms

* (continent): Eurasia, Afro-Eurasia, Earth

#### Derived terms

* Asia Major
* Asia Minor
* Asian
* Asiaphile
* Asiaphilia
* Asiaphobia
* Asiaphobic
* Asiatic
* Australasia
* Central Asia
* East Asia
* Eurasia
* Lesser Asia
* Monsoon Asia
* Northeast Asia
* South Asia
* Southeast Asia
* Southwestern Asia
* West Asia

#### Translations
### See also

* Africa
* Antarctica
* Asia
* Australia, Oceania
* Europe
* North America
* South America

### Anagrams

* Aias, AIAs, aias, IaaS, Saia

## Asturian
### Proper noun

Asia f
* Asia (a continent)

## Corsican
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈazja/

### Proper noun

Asia f
* Asia (a continent)

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Asia f
* Asia (a continent)

#### Related terms

* asiático

### See also

* África
* América
** Norteamérica, América do Norte
** Suramérica, América do Sur
* Antártida
* Asia
* Europa
* Oceanía

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Āsia.

### Proper noun

Asia n (proper noun, strong, genitive Asias or Asia)
* (historical) Asia (province of the Roman Empire, in the western part of modern-day Turkey, later called Phrygia in the Byzantine era)

#### Related terms

* Asien

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Proper noun

Asia
* Asia (a continent)

#### Alternative forms

* Azia (1901–1947)

#### See also

* Afrika
* Amerika
** Amerika Selatan
** Amerika Utara
* Antarktika
* Asia
* Eropa
* Oseania

### Further reading

* “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, 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
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.zja/
* Rhymes: -azja
* Hyphenation: À‧sia

### Proper noun

Asia f
* Asia (a continent)
** 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle]‎, 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 abitataThe first and largest part [of the world] was named Asia, which comprises nearly more than a half of all inhabited land
* a female given name

#### Derived terms

* Asia Minore
* asiatico

### See also

* Africa
* America
** America meridionale
** America settentrionale
* Antartide
* Asia
* Europa
* Oceania

### Anagrams

* saia

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈaː.si.a/, [ˈäːs̠iä] or IPA: /ˈa.si.a/, [ˈäs̠iä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.si.a/, [ˈäːs̬iä]
Note: as in Greek, the first vowel can be found lengthened as a poetic license; compare Ā̆rabia, Ī̆talia.

### Proper noun

Ā̆sia f sg (genitive Ā̆siae); first declension
* Asia (a continent)
* Asia (Roman province)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

#### Related terms

* asiānus
* asiāticus
* asius

#### Descendants

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

### References

* 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
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA: [a.si.a]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ja, -a
* Hyphenation: A‧si‧a

### Proper noun

Asia (Jawi spelling اسيا)
* Asia (a continent)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: Asia

#### See also

* Afrika
* Amerika
** Amerika Selatan
** Amerika Utara
* Antartika
* Asia
* Eropah
* Oceania

### Further reading

* “Asia” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Asia
* Asia (a continent)

#### Derived terms

* Sørøst-Asia

### See also

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## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Asia
* Asia (a continent)

#### Derived terms

* Søraust-Asia, Sudaust-Asia

### See also

* Afrika
* Amerika
** Nord-Amerika
** Sør-Amerika, Sud-Amerika
* Antarktis
* Asia
* Europa
* Oseania

## Occitan
### Proper noun

Asia f
* Asia (a continent)

#### Related terms

* asiatic

## Old English
### Etymology

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.

### Proper noun

Asia ?
* Asia
** 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...

#### Usage notes

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

## Polish
### Etymology

Clipping of Joasia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ɕa/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɕa
* Syllabification: A‧sia

### Proper noun

Asia f (diminutive Aśka)
* a diminutive of the female given name Joanna

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Asia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa.si.a]

### Proper noun

Asia f
* Asia (a continent)

#### See also

* Africa
* America
** America de Nord
** America de Sud
* Antarctica
* Asia
* Europa
* Oceania

## Romansch
### Proper noun

Asia f
* Asia (a continent)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈasja/ [ˈa.sja]
* Rhymes: -asja
* Syllabification: A‧sia
* Homophone: (Latin America) hacia

### Proper noun

Asia f
* Asia (a continent)

#### Derived terms

* Asia del Este
* Asia del Oeste
* Asia del Sur
* Asia Menor
* Asia Occidental
* Asia Oriental

#### Related terms

* asiático

#### See also

* África
* América
** Norteamérica, América del Norte
** Sudamérica, Suramérica, América del Sur
* Antártida
* Asia
* Europa
* Oceanía

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Asia
* Asia (a continent)

### See also

* Afrika
* Amerika
** Amerika ya Kaskazini
** Amerika ya Kusini
* Antaktika ~ Antaktiki
* Asia
* Australia
* Ulaya, Uropa

## Welsh
### Proper noun

Asia f
* Asia (a continent)

### See also

* Affrica
* Antarctica
* Asia
* Ewrop
* Oceania, Ynysoedd y De
* yr Amerig
** De America
** Gogledd America
*** Canolbarth America
* (countries of Asia) gwledydd Asia; Affganistan, Armenia, Aserbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhwtan, Brwnei, Cambodia, Casachstan, Catar, Coweit, Cirgistan, Cyprus, De Corea, Dwyrain Timor, yr Emiradau Arabaidd Unedig, Fietnam, Georgia, Iemen, India, Indonesia, Irac, Iran, Israel, Japan, Gwlad Tai, Gwlad yr Iorddonen, Laos, Libanus, Maleisia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Gogledd Corea, Oman, Pacistan, Palesteina, y Philipinau, Rwsia, Sawdi Arabia, Singapôr, Sri Lanca, Syria, Taiwan, Tajicistan, Tsieina, Twrci, Tyrcmenistan, Wsbecistan