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单词 Asia
释义

Asia

See also: asia, asía, Ásia, Asía, Àsia, asĩa, and .asia

English

The continent of Asia, by the standard definition delimited by the Urals.
The former Roman province of Asia
The UNSD divisions of Asia: Northern Asia (blue), Central Asia (purple), Western Asia (green), Southern Asia (red), Eastern Asia (yellow), Southeastern Asia (orange)

Etymology

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 a Aegean language family substrate or Akkadian. Possibly a doublet of Assuwa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.ʒə/, /ˈeɪ.ʃə/
  • (Indian English) IPA(key): /ˈeː.ʃja/, /ˈeɪ.ʃja/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʒə, -eɪʃə

Proper noun

Asia

  1. 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.
  2. (Greek mythology) A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan, Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
  3. (astronomy) 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.
  4. 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.
  5. An ancient province of the Roman Empire, in modern western Turkey.

Synonyms

  • (continent) Asia Major; Chinkland (chiefly US, racist, offensive, inexact)
  • (Roman province) Phrygia, Roman Asia

Meronyms

  • Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, West Asia
  • (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Holonyms

  • (continent): Eurasia, Afro-Eurasia, Earth
  • Asia Major
  • Asia Minor
  • Asian
  • Asiaphile
  • Asiaphilia
  • Asiaphobia
  • Asiaphobic
  • Asiatic
  • Australasia
  • Central Asia
  • East Asia
  • Eurasia
  • Lesser Asia
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • West Asia

Translations

See also

  • (continents) continent; Africa, America (North America, South America), Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Oceania (Category: en:Continents)

Anagrams

  • AIAs, IaaS, Saia, aias

Asturian

Proper noun

Asia f

  1. Asia (a continent)

Corsican

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈazja/

Proper noun

Asia f

  1. Asia (a continent)

Galician

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Asia f

  1. Asia (a continent)
  • asiático

See also

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

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Āsia.

Proper noun

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Asia

  1. Asia (a continent)

See also

  • (continents) benua-benua; Afrika, Amerika (Amerika Utara, Amerika Selatan), Antartika, Asia, Eropa, Oseania (Category: id:Continents)

Further reading

  • “Asia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic 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

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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 [of the world] was named Asia, which comprises nearly more than a half of all inhabited land
  2. a female given name

Derived terms

  • Asia Minore
  • asiatico

See also

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

Anagrams

  • saia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Asíā).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.si.a/, [ˈäːs̠iä] or IPA(key): /ˈa.si.a/, [ˈäs̠iä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.si.a/, [ˈäːs̬iä]
  • Audio (Classical)(file)

Proper noun

Ā̆sia f sg (genitive Ā̆siae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

CaseSingular
NominativeĀ̆sia
GenitiveĀ̆siae
DativeĀ̆siae
AccusativeĀ̆siam
AblativeĀ̆siā
VocativeĀ̆sia
  • āsiānus
  • āsiāticus
  • āsius

Descendants

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

References

  • 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

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Asia

  1. Asia (a continent)

Derived terms

  • Sørøst-Asia

See also

  • Template:list:continents/nb

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Asia

  1. Asia (a continent)

Derived terms

  • Søraust-Asia, Sudaust-Asia

See also

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

Occitan

Proper noun

Asia f

  1. Asia (a continent)
  • asiatic

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɕa/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɕa
  • Syllabification: A‧sia

Proper noun

Asia f

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Joanna

Declension

Declension of Asia
singularplural
nominativeAsiaAsie
genitiveAsiAsi
dativeAsiAsiom
accusativeAsięAsie
instrumentalAsiąAsiami
locativeAsiAsiach
vocativeAsiuAsie

Further reading

  • Asia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Asia f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Ásia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈa.si.a]

Proper noun

Asia f

  1. Asia (a continent)

Declension

declension of Asia (singular only)
singular
f genderindefinite articulationdefinite articulation
nominative/accusative(o) AsieAsia
genitive/dative(unei) AsiiAsiei
vocativeAsie, Asio

See also

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

Romansch

Proper noun

Asia f

  1. Asia (a continent)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈasja/ [ˈa.sja]
  • Rhymes: -asja
  • Syllabification: A‧sia
  • Homophone: (Latin America) hacia

Proper noun

Asia f

  1. Asia (a continent)

Derived terms

  • Asia del Este
  • Asia del Oeste
  • Asia del Sur
  • Asia Menor
  • Asia Occidental
  • Asia Oriental
  • asiático

See also

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Proper noun

Asia

  1. Asia (a continent)

See also

  • (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]
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