adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to or from Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Asian
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈeɪʒən/
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈeɪʃən/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈæɪʒən/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈæɪʃən/
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noun
Meaning 2
A person from the continent of Asia, or a descendant thereof - especially:
A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia, occasionally South Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person from the continent of Asia, or a descendant thereof - especially:
A person from or with ancestry in South Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Kenya, South-Africa, UK, Uganda
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noun
Meaning 4
A domestic cat of a breed similar to the Burmese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Asian countries
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Asiatic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a native or inhabitant of Asia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Asiatic
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller, person of color, person of colour
Narrower terms: coolie, cooly, Oriental, oriental person, Indian, Eurasian, Afghan, Afghanistani, Altaic, Armenian, Bangladeshi, Bengali, Bhutanese, Bhutani, Burmese, Byzantine, Cambodian, Kampuchean, Chinese, East Indian, Malay, Malayan, Hindu, Hindoo, Hindustani, Hmong, Miao, Indonesian, Irani, Iranian, Persian, Iraqi, Iraki, Israelite, Israeli, Japanese, Nipponese, Jordanian, Korean, Kurd, Kuwaiti, Lao, Laotian, Lebanese, Malaysian, Maldivian, Maldivan, Nepalese, Nepali, Pakistani, Parthian, Sinhalese, Singhalese, Sherpa, Syrian, Taiwanese, Tajik, Tadzhik, Thai, Tai, Siamese, Tibetan, Turki, Kazakhstani, Vietnamese, Annamese, Singaporean, Sri Lankan, Trojan, Dardan, Dardanian, Iberian, Mongoloid, Timorese
History
Etymology
From Latin āsiānus. By surface analysis, Asia + -an. The modern North American and Australasian usage, referring to East and Southeast Asians collectively, seems to be a shortened form of "Asian American", a term whose origins activists and academics trace back to 1968 and University of California, Berkeley (UCLA) students Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee, who, inspired by the Black Power Movement and the protests against the Vietnam War, founded the "Asian American Political Alliance" as a way to unite Japanese, Chinese, and Filipino American students on campus. It replaced the term "Mongoloid", but still continued the racial grouping of "Mongoloid". The usage in Britain and some of its former colonies such as South Africa, Kenya and Uganda, stems from South Asians historically forming the bulk of immigrants from the continent of Asia to these places. In the rest of the Anglosphere, the word "Asian" is sometimes, albeit less frequently, used to refer to South Asians and Central Asians, but rarely (if ever) to Near Easterners.
Across languages
Translations
230 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: aziatik — of, relating to or from Asia
- Arabic: آسِيَوِيّ (ʔāsiyawiyy) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Armenian: ասիական (asiakan) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Azerbaijani: asiyalı — of, relating to or from Asia
- Belarusian: азія́цкі (azijácki) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Bengali: এশিয়ান (eśiẏan) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Bulgarian: азиа́тски (aziátski) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Burmese: အာရှ (ahra.) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Catalan: asiàtic — of, relating to or from Asia
- Chinese Mandarin: 亞洲的 /亚洲的 (Yàzhōu de, Yǎzhōu de) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Cornish: asiek — of, relating to or from Asia
- Czech: asijský — of, relating to or from Asia
- Danish: asiatisk — of, relating to or from Asia
- Dutch: Aziatisch — of, relating to or from Asia
- Estonian: aasia — of, relating to or from Asia
- Finnish: aasialainen — of, relating to or from Asia
- French: asiatique — of, relating to or from Asia
- Galician: asiático — of, relating to or from Asia
- Georgian: აზიური (aziuri) — of, relating to or from Asia
- German: asiatisch — of, relating to or from Asia
- Greek: ασιατικός (asiatikós) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Greek: ασιάτικος (asiátikos) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Ancient Greek: Ἀσιατικός (Asiatikós) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Hawaiian: ʻĀkia — of, relating to or from Asia
- Hebrew: אַסְיָתִי (asyáti) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Hindi: एशियाई (eśiyāī) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Hungarian: ázsiai — of, relating to or from Asia
- Icelandic: asískur — of, relating to or from Asia
- Irish: Áiseach — of, relating to or from Asia
- Italian: asiatico — of, relating to or from Asia
- Japanese: アジアの (Ajia no) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Kashubian: azjacczi — of, relating to or from Asia
- Kashubian: azjatny — of, relating to or from Asia
- Kazakh: азиялық (aziälyq) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Khmer: អាស៊ី (ʼaazii) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Korean: 아시아의 (asia-ui) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Northern Kurdish: asyayî — of, relating to or from Asia
- Kyrgyz: азиялык (aziyalık) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Lao: ອາຊີ (ʼā sī) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Latvian: Āzijas — of, relating to or from Asia
- Latvian: aziāšu — of, relating to or from Asia
- Latvian: aziātisks — of, relating to or from Asia
- Lithuanian: Azijos — of, relating to or from Asia
- Lithuanian: azijiečių — of, relating to or from Asia
- Macedonian: азиски (aziski) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Malay: Asia — of, relating to or from Asia
- Mongolian: азийн (aziin) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Mongolian: ази (azi) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Norwegian Bokmål: asiatisk — of, relating to or from Asia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: asiatisk — of, relating to or from Asia
- Pashto: آسیايي (āsyāyí) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Dari: آسِیَایِی (āsiyāyī) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Dari: آسِیَائِی (āsiyā'ī) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Iranian Persian: آسِیایی (âsiyâyi) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Iranian Persian: آسِیائی (âsiyâ'i) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Polish: azjatycki — of, relating to or from Asia
- Portuguese: asiático — of, relating to or from Asia
- Romanian: asiatic — of, relating to or from Asia
- Russian: азиа́тский (aziátskij) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Serbo-Croatian: а̑зӣјскӣ — of, relating to or from Asia
- Serbo-Croatian: ȃzījskī — of, relating to or from Asia
- Slovak: ázijský — of, relating to or from Asia
- Slovene: azijski — of, relating to or from Asia
- Spanish: asiático — of, relating to or from Asia
- Spanish: asiano — of, relating to or from Asia
- Swedish: asiatisk — of, relating to or from Asia
- Tagalog: Asyahin — of, relating to or from Asia
- Tajik: осиёӣ (osiyoyi) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Telugu: ఆసియను (āsiyanu) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Thai: เอเชีย (ee-chiia) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Turkish: asyalı — of, relating to or from Asia
- Turkmen: aziýaly — of, relating to or from Asia
- Ukrainian: азі́йський (azíjsʹkyj) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Ukrainian: азіа́тський (aziátsʹkyj) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Urdu: ایشِیائی (eśiyāī) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Uyghur: ئاسىيالىق (asiyaliq) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Uzbek: osiyolik — of, relating to or from Asia
- Vietnamese: châu Á — of, relating to or from Asia
- Vietnamese: Á châu — of, relating to or from Asia
- Volapük: Siyopik — of, relating to or from Asia
- Yiddish: אַזיאַטיש (azyatish) — of, relating to or from Asia
- Zhuang: Yacouh — of, relating to or from Asia
- Afrikaans: Asiaat — person from Asia
- Arabic: آسِيَوِيّ (ʔāsiyawiyy) — person from Asia
- Arabic: آسِيَوِيَّة (ʔāsiyawiyya) — person from Asia
- Armenian: ասիացի (asiacʻi) — person from Asia
- Azerbaijani: asiyalı — person from Asia
- Belarusian: азія́т (aziját) — person from Asia
- Belarusian: азія́тка (azijátka) — person from Asia
- Central Bikol: Asyano — person from Asia
- Breton: Aziad — person from Asia
- Breton: Aziadez — person from Asia
- Bulgarian: азиа́тец (aziátec) — person from Asia
- Bulgarian: азиа́тка (aziátka) — person from Asia
- Burmese: အာရှတိုက်သူ (ahra.tuiksu) — person from Asia
- Catalan: asiàtic — person from Asia
- Catalan: asiàtica — person from Asia
- Chinese Mandarin: 亞洲人 /亚洲人 (yàzhōurén) — person from Asia
- Chinese Mandarin: 亞裔 /亚裔 (yàyì) — person from Asia
- Czech: Asijec — person from Asia
- Czech: Asijka — person from Asia
- Danish: asiat — person from Asia
- Dutch: Aziaat — person from Asia
- Dutch: Aziatische — person from Asia
- Esperanto: aziano — person from Asia
- Estonian: aasialane — person from Asia
- Finnish: aasialainen — person from Asia
- French: Asiatique — person from Asia
- Galician: asiático — person from Asia
- Galician: asiática — person from Asia
- Georgian: აზიელი (azieli) — person from Asia
- German: Asiate — person from Asia
- German: Asiat — person from Asia
- German: Asiatin — person from Asia
- Greek: Ασιάτης (Asiátis) — person from Asia
- Greek: Ασιάτισσα (Asiátissa) — person from Asia
- Hawaiian: ʻĀkia — person from Asia
- Hindi: एशियाई (eśiyāī) — person from Asia
- Hungarian: ázsiai — person from Asia
- Ingush: азхо (azxo) — person from Asia
- Inupiaq: Inupiaŋuaq — person from Asia
- Irish: Áiseach — person from Asia
- Italian: asiatico — person from Asia
- Italian: asiatica — person from Asia
- Japanese: アジア人 (ajiajin) — person from Asia
- Kashubian: Azjata — person from Asia
- Kashubian: Azjatka — person from Asia
- Kazakh: азиялық (aziälyq) — person from Asia
- Korean: 동양인 (dong'yang'in) — person from Asia
- Korean: 아시아인 (asiain) — person from Asia
- Kyrgyz: азиялык (aziyalık) — person from Asia
- Lao: ຄົນອາຊີ (khonʼā sī) — person from Asia
- Latvian: aziāts — person from Asia
- Latvian: aziāte — person from Asia
- Lithuanian: azijietis — person from Asia
- Lithuanian: azijietė — person from Asia
- Macedonian: Азиец (Aziec) — person from Asia
- Macedonian: Азијка (Azijka) — person from Asia
- Marathi: आशियाई (āśiyāī) — person from Asia
- Norwegian Bokmål: asiat — person from Asia
- Dari: آسِیَایِی (āsiyāyī) — person from Asia
- Dari: آسِیَائِی (āsiyā'ī) — person from Asia
- Iranian Persian: آسِیایی (âsiyâyi) — person from Asia
- Iranian Persian: آسِیائی (âsiyâ'i) — person from Asia
- Polish: Azjata — person from Asia
- Polish: Azjatka — person from Asia
- Portuguese: asiático — person from Asia
- Portuguese: asiática — person from Asia
- Romanian: asiatic — person from Asia
- Romanian: asiatică — person from Asia
- Russian: азиа́т (aziát) — person from Asia
- Russian: азиа́тка (aziátka) — person from Asia
- Serbo-Croatian: Ази́јац — person from Asia
- Serbo-Croatian: А̑зӣјка — person from Asia
- Serbo-Croatian: Azíjac — person from Asia
- Serbo-Croatian: Ȃzījka — person from Asia
- Sicilian: siàticu — person from Asia
- Sicilian: siàtica — person from Asia
- Slovak: Ázijec — person from Asia
- Slovak: Ázijka — person from Asia
- Slovene: aziat — person from Asia
- Slovene: azijka — person from Asia
- Spanish: asiático — person from Asia
- Spanish: asiática — person from Asia
- Spanish: asiano (desus.) — person from Asia
- Swedish: asiat — person from Asia
- Tagalog: Asyano — person from Asia
- Tajik: осиёӣ (osiyoyi) — person from Asia
- Telugu: ఆసియను (āsiyanu) — person from Asia
- Thai: คนเอเชีย (kon ee-chiia) — person from Asia
- Turkish: Asyalı — person from Asia
- Ukrainian: азі́єць (azíjecʹ) — person from Asia
- Ukrainian: азі́йка (azíjka) — person from Asia
- Ukrainian: азіа́т (aziát) — person from Asia
- Ukrainian: азіа́тка (aziátka) — person from Asia
- Urdu: ایشِیائی (eśiyāī) — person from Asia
- Uzbek: osiyolik — person from Asia
- Vietnamese: người châu Á — person from Asia
- Vietnamese: người Á châu — person from Asia
- Volapük: Siyopan — person from Asia
- Afrikaans: Asiër — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Chinese Mandarin: 南亞裔 /南亚裔 (nányàyì) — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Dutch: Aziaat — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Dutch: Azische — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Dutch: Indiër — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Dutch: Indische — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Finnish: intialainen — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- French: asiatique — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Hindi: एशियाई (eśiyāī) — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Hungarian: ázsiai — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Hungarian: indiai — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Hungarian: dél-ázsiai — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Italian: asiatico — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Italian: asiatica — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Japanese: 南アジア人 (minami ajiajin) — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Korean: 남아시아인 (namasiain) — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Polish: Hindus — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Polish: Hinduska — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Portuguese: asiático — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Portuguese: asiática — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Serbo-Croatian: Azíjac — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Serbo-Croatian: Ȃzījka — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Sicilian: siàticu — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Sicilian: siàtica — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Swedish: indier — person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent
- Chinese Mandarin: 東亞裔 /东亚裔 (dōngyàyì) — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Dutch: Aziaat — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Dutch: Azische — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Dutch: Oost-Aziaat — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Dutch: Oost-Azische — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Finnish: itäaasialainen — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- French: asiatique — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Hebrew: אסיאתי (asyáti) — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Hindi: एशियाई (eśiyāī) — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Hungarian: ázsiai — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Hungarian: távol-keleti — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Hungarian: kelet-ázsiai — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Japanese: 東アジア人 (higashi ajiajin) — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Korean: 동양인 (dong'yang'in) — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Korean: 동아시아인 (dong'asiain) — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Polish: Azjata — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Polish: Azjatka — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Portuguese: asiático — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Portuguese: asiática — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Serbo-Croatian: Azíjac — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Serbo-Croatian: Ȃzījka — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Sicilian: siàticu — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Sicilian: siàtica — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Swedish: asiat — person from or descended from people from east Asia
- Vietnamese: người Á Đông — person from or descended from people from east Asia
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