Asia

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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.

249 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: Азиа (Azja) — the continent of Asia
• Afrikaans: Asië — the continent of Asia
• Akan: Ehyia — the continent of Asia
• Akan: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Albanian: Azi — the continent of Asia
• Albanian: Azia — the continent of Asia
• Albanian: Natolia — the continent of Asia
• Amharic: እስያ (ʾəsya) — the continent of Asia
• Arabic: آسِيَا (ʔāsiyā) — the continent of Asia
• Arabic: أسيا (asya) — the continent of Asia
• Arabic: آسْيَا (ʔāsya) — the continent of Asia
• Arabic: آسيا (ʔāsya) — the continent of Asia
• Aragonese: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܣܝܼܵܐ (Āsiya) — the continent of Asia
• Armenian: Ասիա — the continent of Asia
• Old Armenian: Ասիա — the continent of Asia
• Assamese: এছিয়া (esia) — the continent of Asia
• Asturian: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Avar: Азия (Azija) — the continent of Asia
• Azerbaijani: Asiya — the continent of Asia
• Balinese: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Bashkir: Азия (Aziya) — the continent of Asia
• Basque: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Belarusian: А́зія (Ázija) — the continent of Asia
• Bengali: এশিয়া (eśiẏa) — the continent of Asia
• Central Bikol: Asya — the continent of Asia
• Brahui: Eşíá — the continent of Asia
• Breton: Azia — the continent of Asia
• Bulgarian: А́зия (Ázija) — the continent of Asia
• Burmese: အာရှ (ahra.) — the continent of Asia
• Buryat: Ази (Azi) — the continent of Asia
• Carpathian Rusyn: А́зія (Ázija) — the continent of Asia
• Catalan: Àsia — the continent of Asia
• Cebuano: Asya — the continent of Asia
• Chechen: Ази (Azi) — the continent of Asia
• Cherokee: ᎠᏏᎠ (asia) — the continent of Asia
• Cherokee: ᎡᏏᏱ (esiyi) — the continent of Asia
• Chinese Cantonese: 亞洲 /亚洲 (aa3 zau1) — the continent of Asia
• Chinese: Азия (Aziia) — the continent of Asia
• Eastern Min Chinese: 亞洲 /亚洲 (Ā-ciŭ) — the continent of Asia
• Hakka Chinese: 亞洲 /亚洲 (Â-chû) — the continent of Asia
• Chinese: 亞洲 /亚洲 (A-chiu) — the continent of Asia
• Chinese Mandarin: 亞洲 /亚洲 (Yàzhōu) — the continent of Asia
• Chinese Mandarin: 亞細亞 /亚细亚 (Yàxìyà) — the continent of Asia
• Wu Chinese: 亞洲 /亚洲 (1ia-tseu) — the continent of Asia
• Chuvash: Ази (Azi) — the continent of Asia
• East Circassian: Азиэ (Aziɛ) — the continent of Asia
• West Circassian: Азие (Azije) — the continent of Asia
• Cornish: Asi — the continent of Asia
• Corsican: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Crimean Tatar: Asiya — the continent of Asia
• Czech: Asie — the continent of Asia
• Danish: Asien — the continent of Asia
• Dhivehi: އޭޝިއާ (ēšiā) — the continent of Asia
• Dinka: Athiɛ — the continent of Asia
• Dutch: Azië — the continent of Asia
• Dzongkha: ཨ་ཤི་ཡ (a shi ya) — the continent of Asia
• Erzya: Азия (Azija) — the continent of Asia
• Esperanto: Azio — the continent of Asia
• Estonian: Aasia — the continent of Asia
• Farefare: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Faroese: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Finnish: Aasia — the continent of Asia
• Franco-Provençal: Asia — the continent of Asia
• French: Asie — the continent of Asia
• West-Frisian: Aazje — the continent of Asia
• Friulian: Asie — the continent of Asia
• Galician: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Georgian: აზია (azia) — the continent of Asia
• German: Asien — the continent of Asia
• Bavarian German: Asien — the continent of Asia
• Central Franconian: Aasije — the continent of Asia
• Greek: Ασία (Asía) — the continent of Asia
• Ancient Greek: Ἀσία (Asía) — the continent of Asia
• Greenlandic: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Paraguayan Guarani: Asya — the continent of Asia
• Gujarati: એશિયા (eśiyā) — the continent of Asia
• Haitian Creole: Azi — the continent of Asia
• Hausa: Asiya — the continent of Asia
• Hawaiian: ʻĀkia — the continent of Asia
• Hebrew: אַסְיָה (ásya) — the continent of Asia
• Hindi: एशिया (eśiyā) — the continent of Asia
• Hindi: आसिया (āsiyā) — the continent of Asia
• Hungarian: Ázsia — the continent of Asia
• Icelandic: Asía — the continent of Asia
• Ido: Azia — the continent of Asia
• Igbo: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Ilocano: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Indonesian: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Ingush: Ази (Azi) — the continent of Asia
• Interlingua: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Irish: An Áise — the continent of Asia
• Old Irish: Aissia — the continent of Asia
• Italian: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Japanese: アジア (Ajia) — the continent of Asia
• Japanese: 亜細亜 (Ajia) — the continent of Asia
• Japanese: 亜洲 (Ashū) — the continent of Asia
• Javanese: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Kannada: ಏಷ್ಯಾ (ēṣyā) — the continent of Asia
• Kapampangan: Asia — the continent of Asia
• S'gaw Karen: အ့ၡၢၣ် (ʼay shuh̀) — the continent of Asia
• Kashmiri: ایشیا (yśyā) — the continent of Asia
• Kashubian: Azjô — the continent of Asia
• Kazakh: Азия (Aziä) — the continent of Asia
• Khmer: អាស៊ី (ʼaazii) — the continent of Asia
• Komi-Permyak: Азия (Aźija) — the continent of Asia
• Komi-Zyrian: Азия (Aźija) — the continent of Asia
• Korean: 아시아 — the continent of Asia
• Korean: 아주 (Aju) — the continent of Asia
• Central Kurdish: ئاسیا (asya) — the continent of Asia
• Northern Kurdish: Asya — the continent of Asia
• Kyrgyz: Азия (Aziya) — the continent of Asia
• Ladino: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Lak: Азия (Aziaʕ) — the continent of Asia
• Lakota: Hazíla Makȟóčhe — the continent of Asia
• Lao: ອາຊີ (ʼā sī) — the continent of Asia
• Latin: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Latvian: Āzija — the continent of Asia
• Lezgi: Азия (Aziä) — the continent of Asia
• Ligurian: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Limburgish: Azië — the continent of Asia
• Lingala: Azía — the continent of Asia
• Lithuanian: Azija — the continent of Asia
• Low German: Asien — the continent of Asia
• Lü: ᦊᦱᧈᦵᦋᦲᧁᧈ (ẏaa1tsoew1) — the continent of Asia
• Luxembourgish: Asien — the continent of Asia
• Macedonian: А́зија (Ázija) — the continent of Asia
• Malagasy: Azia — the continent of Asia
• Malay: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Malayalam: ഏഷ്യ (ēṣya) — the continent of Asia
• Maltese: Asja — the continent of Asia
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: এশিয়া — the continent of Asia
• Manx: Yn Aishey — the continent of Asia
• Marathi: आशिया (āśiyā) — the continent of Asia
• Eastern Mari: Азий (Azij) — the continent of Asia
• Western Mari: Ази (Azi) — the continent of Asia
• Mauritian Creole: Lazi — the continent of Asia
• Mazanderani: آسیا — the continent of Asia
• Moksha: Азия (Azijä) — the continent of Asia
• Moksha: Азиясь (Azijäś) — the continent of Asia
• Mongolian: Ази (Azi) — the continent of Asia
• Mongolian: ᠠᠽᠢ (azi) — the continent of Asia
• Mongolian: ᠠᠽᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ (aziy-a) — the continent of Asia
• Moore: Azi — the continent of Asia
• Moore: azi — the continent of Asia
• Nahuatl: Axia — the continent of Asia
• Neapolitan: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Nepali: एशिया (eśiyā) — the continent of Asia
• Newar: एसिया (esiyā) — the continent of Asia
• Norman: Âsie — the continent of Asia
• Norwegian Bokmål: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Occitan: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Odia: ଏସିୟା (esiyā) — the continent of Asia
• Odia: ଏସିଆ (esiā) — the continent of Asia
• Church Slavic: Асіꙗ (Asija) — the continent of Asia
• Church Slavic: Ⰰⱄⰻⱑ (Asiě) — the continent of Asia
• Old East Slavic: Асиꙗ (Asija) — the continent of Asia
• Oromo: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Ossetian: Ази (Azi) — the continent of Asia
• Pangasinan: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Pashto: آسيا (āsyā) — the continent of Asia
• Pashto: اېشيا (ešyā) — the continent of Asia
• Pennsylvania German: Asie — the continent of Asia
• Persian: آسِیا (âsiyâ) — the continent of Asia
• Piedmontese: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Plautdietsch: Asien — the continent of Asia
• Polish: Azja — the continent of Asia
• Portuguese: Ásia — the continent of Asia
• Punjabi: ਏਸ਼ਿਆ (ēśiā) — the continent of Asia
• Punjabi: ایشیا — the continent of Asia
• Quechua: Asya — the continent of Asia
• Rohingya: Asía — the continent of Asia
• Romanian: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Romansh: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Russian: А́зия (Ázija) — the continent of Asia
• Rwanda-Rundi: Azia — the continent of Asia
• Northern Sami: Ásia — the continent of Asia
• Samoan: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Sanskrit: एशिया (eśiyā) — the continent of Asia
• Santali: ᱮᱥᱤᱭᱟ (esiya) — the continent of Asia
• Scots: Asie — the continent of Asia
• Scottish Gaelic: Àisia — the continent of Asia
• Scottish Gaelic: Aisia — the continent of Asia
• Serbo-Croatian: А̑зија — the continent of Asia
• Serbo-Croatian: Ȃzija — the continent of Asia
• Sicilian: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Silesian: Azyjo — the continent of Asia
• Sindhi: ايشيا (āeśyā) — the continent of Asia
• Sinhalese: ආසියාව (āsiyāwa) — the continent of Asia
• Slovak: Ázia — the continent of Asia
• Slovene: Ázija — the continent of Asia
• Somali: Aasiya — the continent of Asia
• Lower Sorbian: Azija — the continent of Asia
• Upper Sorbian: Azija — the continent of Asia
• Sotho: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Spanish: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Sundanese: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Swahili: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Swedish: Asien — the continent of Asia
• Tagalog: Asya — the continent of Asia
• Tajik: Осиё (Osiyo) — the continent of Asia
• Tamil: ஆசியா (āciyā) — the continent of Asia
• Tatar: Азия (Aziyä) — the continent of Asia
• Telugu: ఆసియా (āsiyā) — the continent of Asia
• Tetum: Ázia — the continent of Asia
• Thai: เอเชีย (ee-chiia) — the continent of Asia
• Tibetan: ཨེ་ཤེ་ཡ — the continent of Asia
• Tibetan: ཡ་ཀྲོའུ་གླིང (ya kro'u gling) — the continent of Asia
• Tigrinya: እስያ (ʾəsya) — the continent of Asia
• Tok Pisin: Esia — the continent of Asia
• Turkish: Asya — the continent of Asia
• Ottoman Turkish: آسیا (asiya) — the continent of Asia
• Turkmen: Aziýa — the continent of Asia
• Tuvan: Азия (Aziya) — the continent of Asia
• Udmurt: Азия (Aźija) — the continent of Asia
• Ukrainian: А́зія (Ázija) — the continent of Asia
• Urdu: ایشِیا (eśiyā) — the continent of Asia
• Urdu: ایشیاء (eśyā') — the continent of Asia
• Uyghur: ئاسىيا (asiya) — the continent of Asia
• Uzbek: Osiyo — the continent of Asia
• Venetan: Axia — the continent of Asia
• Vietnamese: Châu Á — the continent of Asia
• Vietnamese: Á Châu — the continent of Asia
• Vietnamese: Á — the continent of Asia
• Vietnamese: Á Tế Á — the continent of Asia
• Volapük: Siyop — the continent of Asia
• Walloon: Azeye — the continent of Asia
• Welsh: Asia — the continent of Asia
• Wolof: Asi — the continent of Asia
• Yakut: Азия (Aziya) — the continent of Asia
• Yiddish: אַזיע (azye) — the continent of Asia
• Yoruba: Éṣíà — the continent of Asia
• Zhuang: Yacouh — the continent of Asia
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܣܝܼܵܐ (Āsiya) — province of Roman empire
• Bulgarian: Азия (Azija) — province of Roman empire
• French: Asie — province of Roman empire
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌰 (asia) — province of Roman empire
• Ancient Greek: Ἀσία (Asía) — province of Roman empire
• Hindi: आसिया (āsiyā) — province of Roman empire
• Manchu: ᠠᠰᡳᠶᠠ (asiya) — province of Roman empire
• Marathi: आसिया (āsiyā) — province of Roman empire
• Parthian: 𐭀𐭎𐭀𐭉𐭀 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓 — province of Roman empire
• Polish: Azja — province of Roman empire
• Portuguese: Ásia — province of Roman empire
• Russian: А́зия (Ázija) — province of Roman empire
• Sicilian: Asia — province of Roman empire
• Bulgarian: Азия (Azija) — asteroid
• Chinese Mandarin: 亞洲 /亚洲 (Yàzhōu) — asteroid