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adj
Asian, specifically, relating to the parts of Asia east of Egypt, i.e the Middle East or West Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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adj
Eccentric or crazy as a result of spending a long time in the Far East.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
An Asian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, offensive, sometimes
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noun
One of the people of ancient Canaan, Syria, or Mesopotamia; a Semite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Egyptology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: Asian
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noun
a native or inhabitant of Asia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Asian
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 tree Ancient Greek Ἀσίᾱ (Asíā) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek Ἀσῐᾱτῐκός (Asĭātĭkós)der. Latin āsiāticuslbor. English Asiatic Learned borrowing from Latin āsiāticus; equivalent to Asia + -atic.
