Asia
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.ʒə/
The English word “Asia” has 5 meanings listed here.
proper noun
- 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.
- A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
- An epithet of Athena.
- One of the Nereids.
- 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.
Etymology
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.
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More English words
- ashy woodswallow
- ashy-headed goose
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- Asháninka
- Asia Major
- Asia Minor
- Asia-Pacific
- Asia-wide
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