"アジア" meaning in Japanese

See アジア in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [a̠ʑia̠] Forms: Ajia [romanization]
Etymology: From Chinese 亞細亞 /亚细亚 (Yàxìyà), in turn from Latin Asia. Pronunciation was probably influenced by Dutch Azië. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|zh|亞細亞}} Chinese 亞細亞 /亚细亚 (Yàxìyà), {{der|ja|la|Asia}} Latin Asia, {{der|ja|nl|Azië}} Dutch Azië Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper}} アジア • (Ajia)
  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
    Sense id: en-アジア-ja-name-Vjz0NdnF Categories (other): Asia, Continents and continental regions, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30
  2. (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in modern western Turkey, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD) Tags: historical Categories (place): Places in Turkey, Places in the Roman Empire, Provinces of the Roman Empire
    Sense id: en-アジア-ja-name-d5~KqEEc Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 37 63 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 32 68 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 36 64 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: アジア大陸 (Ajia tairiku) (ruby: 大陸(たいりく)) (english: Asian Continent), 北アジア (Kita Ajia) (ruby: (きた)) (english: North Asia), 小アジア (Shō Ajia) (ruby: (しょう)) (english: Asia Minor), 中央アジア: Central Asia (chūō Ajia) (ruby: (ちゅう), (おう)), 東南アジア (Tōnan Ajia) (ruby: (とう), (なん)) (english: Southeast Asia), 特定アジア (Tokutei Ajia) (ruby: (とく), (てい)), 西アジア (Nishi Ajia) (ruby: 西(にし)) (english: West Asia), 東アジア (Higashi Ajia) (ruby: (ひがし)) (english: East Asia), 南アジア: South Asia (Minami Ajia) (ruby: (みなみ)) Related terms: 東洋 (tōyō) (ruby: (とう), (よう)) Coordinate_terms: アフリカ (Afurika), アメリカ北アメリカ南アメリカ (Minami Amerika) (ruby: (きた), (みなみ)), オセアニア (Oseania), ヨーロッパ (Yōroppa)

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for アジア meaning in Japanese (3.6kB)

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