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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈsi.a/
- Hyphenation: Α‧σί‧α
Proper noun
Ασία • (Asía) f (usually uncountable, plural Ασίες)
- Asia
Declension
Usually in the singular.
Derived terms
- ασιανολογία f (asianología, “Asian studies”)
- ασιανολόγος m or f (asianológos, “Orientalist”)
- ασιανός (asianós, “Asian, Asiatic”, adjective)
- Ασιάτης m (Asiátis, “Asian”)
- ασιατικός (asiatikós, “Asian, Asiatic”, adjective)
- Ασιάτισσα f (Asiátissa, “Asian”)
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