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Asia

/ˈeɪ.ʒə/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈeɪ.ʃə/ Canada, US, UK

Rhymes with -eɪʒə, -eɪʃə

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun Asias

uncountable, usually The largest continent, located east of Europe (typically delimited by the Urals), west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean. 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.
Similar: Asia Major
Greek, uncountable, usually A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
Greek, uncountable, usually An epithet of Athena.
Greek, uncountable, usually One of the Nereids.
uncountable, usually 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.
Similar: Roman Asia
uncountable, usually A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage. And Scott Haskell started going out with this sophomore girl called Asia, who was this rich girl from Weston Heights.
historical, uncountable, usually An ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD.
Similar: Phrygia

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: asia-pacific, africa, continent, orient, oceania, asian, asean, asiatic, delhi, latin, zen, region, regional, area, east, dossier

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name the continent of Asia

Español	Asia
한국어	아시아, 아주 Aju
日本語	アジア Ajia, 亜細亜 Ajia, 亜洲 Ashū
中文	亞洲 /亚洲 Yàzhōu, 亞細亞 /亚细亚 Yàxìyà
हिन्दी	एशिया eśiyā, आसिया āsiyā
Kiswahili	Asia
Português	Ásia
Français	Asie
Deutsch	Asien
Italiano	Asia
Ελληνικά	Ασία Asía
Română	Asia
Русский	А́зия Ázija
Tiếng Việt	Châu Á, Á Châu, Á, Á Tế Á
العربية	آسِيَا ʔāsiyā
עברית	אַסְיָה ásya

name asteroid

中文	亞洲 /亚洲 Yàzhōu

name province of Roman empire

हिन्दी	आसिया āsiyā
Português	Ásia
Français	Asie
Русский	А́зия Ázija

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@misc{asia_2026,
  title = {Asia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/asia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}