English

The continent of Asia, by the standard definition delimited by the Urals.

Asia (the Roman province)

Proper noun

Asia

1. 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.
2. (Greek God) A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan, Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
3. (astronomy) Short for 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.
4. A female given name of modern usage, from the continent.
   • 1994 Blake Nelson, Girl: A Novel, Simon&Schuster, ISBN 0671897071, page 81

     And Scott Haskell started going out with this sophomore girl called Asia, who was this rich girl from Weston Heights.

5. (historical) A province of the Roman Empire located in what is now western Turkey.

Translations

Related terms

• Asia Minor
• Asian
• Asiaphile
• Asiatic
• Australasia
• Central Asia
• East Asia
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia

See also

• (continents) continent; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America ^{(Category: en:Continents)}
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen ^{(Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Asia)}

Anagrams

• aias

Asturian

Proper noun

Asia f

1. Asia (the continent of Asia)

Corsican

Proper noun

Asia

1. Asia

Galician

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Asia f

1. Asia

See also

• (continents) continente; África, América, Antártida, Asia, Oceanía, Europa, Norteamérica/América do Norte, Suramérica/América do Sur ^{(Category: gl:Continents)}

Indonesian

Proper noun

Asia

1. Asia

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈazja/, [ˈaː.zi̯a]

Proper noun

Asia f

1. (continent) Asia
2. A female given name

Derived terms

• Asia Minore
• asiatico

See also

• (continents) continente; Africa, America meridionale, America settentrionale, Antartide, Asia, Europa, Oceania ^{(Category: it:Continents)}

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.si.a/

Proper noun

Asia f ‎(genitive Asiae); first declension

1. Asia (continent)
2. Asia (Roman province)

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

Related terms

• āsiānus
• āsiāticus
• āsius

Descendants

• English: Asia

References

• Asia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Asia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Asia

1. Asia

Derived terms

• Sørøst-Asia (Bokmål)

See also

• (continents) kontinent; Afrika, Antarktis, Asia, Australia, Europa, Nord-Amerika, Sør-Amerika ^{(Category: no:Continents)}

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɕa/

Proper noun

Asia f

1. A diminutive of the female given name Joanna

Declension

Portuguese

Proper noun

Asia f

1. Obsolete spelling of Ásia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀσία ‎(Asía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.si.a]

Proper noun

Asia f

1. Asia (a continent)

Declension

See also

• (continents) continent; Africa, America de Nord, America de Sud, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europa ^{(Category: ro:Continents)}

Romansch

Proper noun

Asia f

1. Asia

Spanish

Proper noun

Asia f

1. Asia

See also

• (continents) continente; África, América, Antártida, Asia, Oceanía, Europa, Norteamérica/América del Norte, Sudamérica/Suramérica/América del Sur ^{(Category: es:Continents)}

Swahili

Proper noun

Asia

1. Asia

Finnish

(index as)

Noun

asia

1. thing, matter, issue, business

   Kuuntele, mitä minulla on asiaa.

   Please listen to the matter I have to talk to you about.

   Tämä ei ole sinun asiasi!

   This is none of your business!

Declension

Synonyms

• juttu

Derived terms

Compounds

See also

• kuulua

Anagrams

• aasi, aisa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.si.a/

Noun

asia f ‎(genitive asiae); first declension

1. A kind of rye

Inflection

First declension.

References

• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “asia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.