see|asia|asía|asĩa|�sia|Asía

English
wikipedia

Etymology
From AGr. ��ία (Asia), a character in Greek mythology, daughter of Ὠκεαν�� (Oceanos) "Oceanus" and Τηθ�� (Tethys), lover of Titan Ἰα�ε��� (Iapetos), mother of Π�ομηθε�� (Prometheus), ��ιμηθε�� (Epimetheus), ��λα� (Atlas) and �ενοί�ιο� (Menoitios).

Pronunciation
audio|En-us-Asia.ogg|audio (US)
IPA|[�eɪ��], [�eɪ��]
SAMPA|["eIZ@], ["eIS@]
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��|-eɪ��, Rhymes:English:-eɪ��|-eɪ��

Proper noun
Asia

1. A continent located east of Europe, west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean.
   1. given name|female of modern usage, from the continent, or a variant of Aisha.

   Translations
   trans-top|the continent of Asia
   Arabic: ARchar|آس�ا
   Armenian: Ô±Õ½Õ«Õ¡ (Asia)
   Basque: Asia
   Bosnian: Azija f
   Bulgarian: �зи� :bg:�зи�|^ f
   Catalan: �sia f
   Chinese: �洲, �洲 (Yàzh�u)
   Croatian: Azija f
   Czech: Asie f
   Dutch: Azië n
   Estonian: Aasia
   Finnish: Aasia
   French: Asie f
   German: Asien n
   Greek: ��ία (Asía) f
   Hebrew: �ס�� (Asia) f
   Hindi: �शिया (ešiy�)
   Hungarian: �zsia
   Indonesian: Asia
   Japanese: ��� (ajia)
   Khmer: KMchar|����� (asie)
   Korean: ��� (asia)
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   Kurdish: KUchar|ئاس�ا
   Novial: Asia
   Latvian: �zija f
   Northern Sami: �sia
   Persian: FAchar|آس�ا (�siyâ)
   Polish: Azja f
   Portuguese: �sia f
   Russian: �зи� (�zija) f
   Scottish Gaelic: Aisia f
   Serbian:
   :Cyrillic: �зи�а f
   :Roman: Azija f
   Slovene: Azija f
   Spanish: Asia
   Swedish: Asien n
   Turkish: Asya
   Thai: THchar|�อ��ีย (aychia)
   Urdu: URchar|ا�ش�ا (ešiy�)
   Vietnamese: Châu � (��)
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   Related terms
   Asia Minor
   Asian
   asiaphile<!-- ever capitalised? -->
   Asiatic
   Australasia
   Central Asia
   East Asia
   South Asia
   Southeast Asia

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   Category:Greek derivations

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   Indonesian

   Noun
   Asia

   1. Asia

   Category:Indonesian nouns

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   Romanian
   wikipedia|lang=ro

   Etymology
   AGr.|ro Polytonic|��ία (Asia)

   Pronunciation
   IPA|[a.si.a]|lang=ro

   Proper noun
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   1. #English|Asia

   Declension
   ro-country|gend=f|Asiei

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• 2007-11-30 15:25 - Mike - sv-gender

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