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From Middle English Asia, Asie, from Old French Asie and Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Asíā), 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.ʒə/, (dated) /ˈeɪ.ʃə/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.ʃja/, /ˈeɪ.ʃja/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʒə, -eɪʃə

Asia (countable and uncountable, plural Asias)

2. 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.

3. (Greek mythology) A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan, Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
4. (astronomy) 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.
5. 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.

6. An ancient province of the Roman Empire, in modern western Turkey.

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

• Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, West Asia
• (countries of Asia) country of 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

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

• (continents) continent; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, South America, ^{(Category: en:Continents)}

• Aias, AIAs, aias, IaaS, Saia

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

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1. Asia (a continent)

Corsican Wikipedia has an article on:

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈazja/

Asia f

1. Asia (a continent)

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:

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1. Asia (a continent)

• asiático

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

German Wikipedia has an article on:

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Borrowed from Latin Āsia.

Asia n (proper noun, strong, genitive Asias or Asia)

1. (historical) Asia (province of the Roman Empire, in the western part of modern-day Turkey, later called Phrygia in the Byzantine era)

• Asien

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

Asia

1. Asia (a continent)

• Azia (1901–1947)

• (continents) benua-benua; Afrika, Amerika (Amerika Utara, Amerika Selatan), Antarktika, Asia, Eropa, Oseania ^{(Category: id:Continents)}

• “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 Wikipedia has an article on:

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.zja/
• Rhymes: -azja
• Hyphenation: À‧sia

Asia f

1. 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 abitata

     The first and largest part was named Asia, which comprises nearly more than a half of all inhabited land

2. a female given name

• Asia Minore
• asiatico

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

• saia

From Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Asíā).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.si.a/, or IPA^(key): /ˈa.si.a/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.si.a/,

Note: as in Greek, the first vowel can be found lengthened as a poetic license; compare Ā̆rabia, Ī̆talia.

Ā̆sia f sg (genitive Ā̆siae); first declension

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

First-declension noun, singular only.

• asiānus
• asiāticus
• asius

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

• 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 Wikipedia has an article on:

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

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ja, -a
• Hyphenation: A‧si‧a

Asia (Jawi spelling اسيا)

1. Asia (a continent)

• Indonesian: Asia

• (continents) benua-benua; Afrika, Amerika (Amerika Utara, Amerika Selatan), Antartika, Asia, Eropah, Oceania ^{(Category: ms:Continents)}

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

Asia

1. Asia (a continent)

• Sørøst-Asia

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1. Asia (a continent)

• Søraust-Asia, Sudaust-Asia

• (continents) verdsdelar; Afrika, Amerika, Antarktis, Asia, Europa, Nord-Amerika, Oseania, Sør-Amerika/Sud-Amerika ^{(Category: nn:Continents)}

Occitan Wikipedia has an article on:

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Asia f

1. Asia (a continent)

• asiatic

From Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Asíā), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 (a-si-wi-ja /⁠aswijaː⁠/), in turn probably from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 (aš-šu-wa /⁠Aššuwa⁠/, “northwest Anatolia”) of uncertain origin.

Asia ?

1. 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...

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

Clipping of Joasia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɕa/

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• Rhymes: -aɕa
• Syllabification: A‧sia

Asia f (diminutive Aśka)

1. a diminutive of the female given name Joanna

• Asia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Asia f

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

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

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Asia f

1. Asia (a continent)

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

Romansch Wikipedia has an article on:

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈasja/
• Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: A‧sia
• Homophone: (Latin America) hacia

Asia f

1. Asia (a continent)

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

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

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1. Asia (a continent)

• (continents) mabara; Afrika (“Africa”), Amerika (“America”), Antaktika (“Antarctica”) or Antaktiki, Asia (“Asia”), Ulaya (“Europe”) or Uropa, Amerika ya Kaskazini (“North America”), Australia (“Oceania”), Amerika ya Kusini (“South America”) ^{(Category: sw:Continents) [edit]}

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:

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Asia f

1. Asia (a continent)

• (continents) cyfandir; Affrica, yr Amerig (Gogledd America, Canolbarth America, De America), Antarctica, Asia, Ewrop, Oceania (Ynysoedd y De) ^{(Category: cy:Continents)}
• (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