Asia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀσῐ́ᾱ (Asíā), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 (a-si-wi-ja /aswiyā/), adjective potentially from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 (Aššuwa, “northwest Anatolia”) or Akkadian 𒀀𒋗 (“to go out, to rise”), a reference to the rising sun, hence “land of the sunrise.”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪʒə/, /ˈeɪʃə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʒə, -eɪʃə

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) 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, 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.

See also

• (continents) continent; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America

Anagrams

• AIAs, IaaS, Saia, aias

Proper noun

Asia f

1. Asia (the continent of Asia)

Proper noun

Asia

1. Asia

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Asia f

1. Asia

See also

• (continents) continente; África, América, Antártida, Asia, Oceanía, Europa, Norteamérica/América do Norte, Suramérica/América do Sur

Proper noun

Asia

1. Asia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈazja/, [ˈaː.zi̯a]

Proper noun

Asia f

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

See also

• (continents) continente; Africa, America meridionale, America settentrionale, Antartide, Asia, Europa, Oceania

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.si.a/

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Proper noun

Āsia f (genitive Āsiae); first declension

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

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

Proper noun

Asia

1. Asia

See also

• (continents) kontinent; Afrika, Antarktis, Asia, Australia, Europa, Nord-Amerika, Sør-Amerika

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɕa/

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Proper noun

Asia f

1. A diminutive of the female given name Joanna

Further reading

• Asia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Proper noun

Asia f

1. Obsolete spelling of Ásia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.si.a]

Proper noun

Asia f

1. Asia (a continent)

Proper noun

Asia f

1. Asia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasja/
• Homophone: hacia (non-Castilian)

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

Proper noun

Asia

1. Asia