Asia

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


Asia

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.

1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 4:

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.

(Greek mythology) A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan, Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.

(astronomy) 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.

And Scott Haskell started going out with this sophomore girl called Asia, who was this rich girl from Weston Heights.

1994, Blake Nelson, Girl: A Novel, Simon&Schuster, →ISBN, page 81:

A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage.

An ancient province of the Roman Empire, in modern western Turkey.

en-proper noun

Asia (countable and uncountable, plural Asias)

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

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América

Norteamérica/América do Norte, Suramérica/América do Sur


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(historical) Asia (province of the Roman Empire, in the western part of modern-day Turkey, later called Phrygia in the Byzantine era)

de-proper noun

Asia n (proper noun, strong, genitive Asias or Asia)


Asia

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


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La prima e maggiore parte si chiamò Asia, la quale contiene quasi la metade e più di tutta la terra abitata

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.:

The first and largest part [of the world] was named Asia, which comprises nearly more than a half of all inhabited land

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


Asia

la-proper noun

Ā̆sia f sg (genitive Ā̆siae); first declension

Ā̆sia (canonical feminine singular)
Ā̆siae (genitive)
Ā̆sia (nominative singular)
Ā̆siae (genitive singular)
Ā̆siae (dative singular)
Ā̆siam (accusative singular)
Ā̆siā (ablative singular)
Ā̆sia (singular vocative)

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

English: Asia

Old French: Asie

French: Asie


Asia

Indonesian: Asia

Borrowed from Dutch Azië, ultimately from Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Asíā).


Asia

late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Asia is befangen mid...þǣm gārseċġe sūþan ⁊ norþan ⁊ eastan...

Asia is surrounded by...the southern and northern and eastern sea...

From 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.


Asia

a diminutive of the female given name Joanna

Aśka (diminutive)
Asia (nominative singular)
Asie (nominative plural)
Asi (genitive singular)
Aś (genitive plural)
Asi (dative singular)
Asiom (dative plural)
Asię (accusative singular)
Asie (accusative plural)
Asią (instrumental singular)
Asiami (instrumental plural)
Asi (locative singular)
Asiach (locative plural)
Asiu (singular vocative)
Asie (plural vocative)


Asia

Asie (accusative indefinite nominative)
Asia (accusative definite nominative)
Asii (indefinite)
Asiei (definite)
Asie (vocative)
Asio (vocative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).


Asia

América

Norteamérica/América del Norte, Sudamérica/Suramérica/América del Sur


Asia

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Gogledd America, Canolbarth America, De America