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.
Meanings
(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.
“A shift from jus soli to jus sanguinis has been witnessed in Asia in the course of the twentieth century,” wrote Olivier Vonk at the Maastricht Centre in a 2017 paper. 2021 March 15, Jessie Yeung, “These Asian countries are giving dual citizens an ultimatum on nationality – and loyalty”, in CNN:
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:
(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.
(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. 1994, Blake Nelson, Girl: A Novel, Simon&Schuster, →ISBN, page 81:
(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.
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continent of Asia) · mn ᠠᠽᠢᠶᠠ (the continent of Asia) · ka აზია (the continent of Asia) · mfe Lazi (the continent of Asia) · mdf Азиясь (the continent of Asia) · zh 亞洲 /亚洲 (the continent of Asia) · ln Azía (the continent of Asia) · lt Azija (the continent of Asia) · ab Азиа (the continent of Asia) · crh Asiya (the continent of Asia) · sm Asia (the continent of Asia) · sv Asien (the continent of Asia) · lo ອາຊີ (the continent of Asia) · fy Aazje (the continent of Asia) · rm Asia (the continent of Asia) · dsb Azija (the continent of Asia) · ksw အ့ၡၢၣ် (the continent of Asia) · sa एशिया (the continent of Asia) · pl Azja (province of Roman empire) · la Asia (the continent of Asia) · eu Asia (the continent of Asia) · sco Asie (the continent of Asia) · fr Asie (province of Roman empire) · scn Asia (province of Roman empire) · ru А́зия (the continent of Asia) · ast Asia (the continent of Asia) · cu Ⰰⱄⰻⱑ (the continent of Asia) · pdt Asien (the continent of Asia) · eo Azio (the continent of Asia) · uz Osiyo (the continent of Asia) · it Asia (the continent of Asia) · hak 亞洲 /亚洲 (the continent of Asia) · sh Ȃzija (the continent of Asia) · wo Asi (the continent of Asia) · vi Á Châu (the continent of Asia) · mr आशिया (the continent of Asia) · hi आसिया (province of Roman empire) · ja 亜細亜 (the continent of Asia) · st Asia (the continent of Asia) · qu Asya (the continent of Asia) · csb Azjô (the continent of Asia) · ur ایشیاء (the continent of Asia) · gv Yn Aishey (the continent of Asia) · ht Azi (the continent of Asia) · pt Ásia (province of Roman empire) · cy Asia (the continent of Asia) · gd Aisia (the continent of Asia) · aii ܐܲܣܝܼܵܐ (the continent of Asia) · is Asía (the continent of Asia) · hy Ասիա (the continent of Asia) · ru А́зия (province of Roman empire) · fur Asie (the continent of Asia) · wa Azeye (the continent of Asia) · bg А́зия (the continent of Asia) · kk Азия (the continent of Asia) · gd Àisia (the continent of Asia) · brh Eşíá (the continent of Asia) · ko 아주 (the continent of Asia) · ga An Áise (the continent of Asia) · om Asia (the continent of Asia) · te ఆసియా (the continent of Asia) · ms Asia (the continent of Asia) · vec Axia (the continent of Asia) · ug ئاسىيا (the continent of Asia) · ceb Asya (the continent of Asia) · el Ασία (the continent of Asia) · ar أسيا (the continent of Asia) · su Asia (the continent of Asia) · dv އޭޝިއާ (the continent of Asia) · bua Ази (the continent of Asia) · gl Asia (the continent of Asia) · pag Asia (the continent of Asia) · mzn آسیا (the continent of Asia) · mn Ази (the continent of Asia) · tyv Азия (the continent of Asia) · cv Ази (the continent of Asia) · vo Siyop (the continent of Asia) · mhr Азий (the continent of Asia) · ja 亜洲 (the continent of Asia) · scn Asia (the continent of Asia) · ady Азие (the continent of Asia) · cu Асіꙗ (the continent of Asia) · ne एशिया (the continent of Asia) · bn এশিয়া (the continent of Asia) · kbd Азиэ (the continent of Asia) · ilo Asia (the continent of Asia) · av Азия (the continent of Asia) · inh Ази (the continent of Asia) · cdo 亞洲 /亚洲 (the continent of Asia) · nap Asia (the continent of Asia) · fi Aasia (the continent of Asia) · kl Asia (the continent of Asia) · sq Natolia (the continent of Asia) · new एसिया (the continent of Asia) · bcl Asya (the continent of Asia) · oc Asia (the continent of Asia) · orv Асиꙗ (the continent of Asia) · wuu 亞洲 /亚洲 (the continent of Asia) · ml ഏഷ്യ (the continent of Asia) · ti እስያ (the continent of Asia) · so Aasiya (the continent of Asia) · ca Àsia (the continent of Asia) · yo Éṣíà (the continent of Asia) · de Asien (the continent of Asia) · io Azia (the continent of Asia) · dz ཨ་ཤི་ཡ (the continent of Asia) · cmn 亞洲 /亚洲 (asteroid) · ar آسْيَا (the continent of Asia) · lez Азия (the continent of Asia) · ban Asia (the continent of Asia) · af Asië (the continent of Asia) · grc Ἀσία (the continent of Asia) · ar آسِيَا (the continent of Asia) · mt Asja (the continent of Asia) · pa ਏਸ਼ਿਆ (the continent of Asia) · es Asia (the continent of Asia) · sq Azi (the continent of Asia) · bpy এশিয়া (the continent of Asia) · am እስያ (the continent of Asia) · ia Asia (the continent of Asia) · cs Asie (the continent of Asia) · be А́зія (the continent of Asia) · ko 아시아 (the continent of Asia) · bg Азия (asteroid) · or ଏସିଆ (the continent of Asia) · tt Азия (the continent of Asia) · ks ایشیا (the continent of Asia) · ps آسيا (the continent of Asia) · sga Aissia (the continent of Asia) · my အာရှ (the continent of Asia) · ta ஆசியா (the continent of Asia) · yi אַזיע (the continent of Asia) · gur Asia (the continent of Asia) · tpi Esia (the continent of Asia) · nah Axia (the continent of Asia) · fo Asia (the continent of Asia) · kw Asi (the continent of Asia) · os Ази (the continent of Asia) · li Azië (the continent of Asia) · sl Ázija (the continent of Asia) · bg Азия (province of Roman empire) · lb Asien (the continent of Asia) · hu Ázsia (the continent of Asia) · br Azia (the continent of Asia) · tg Осиё (the continent of Asia) · as এছিয়া (the continent of Asia) · frp Asia (the continent of Asia) · vi Á Tế Á (the continent of Asia) · chr ᎡᏏᏱ (the continent of Asia) · he אַסְיָה (the continent of Asia) · tk Aziýa (the continent of Asia) · pms Asia (the continent of Asia) · zh Азия (the continent of Asia) · da Asien (the continent of Asia) · vi Châu Á (the continent of Asia) · jv Asia (the continent of Asia) · pl Azja (the continent of Asia) · lad Asia (the continent of Asia) · aii ܐܲܣܝܼܵܐ (province of Roman empire) · ig Asia (the continent of Asia) · ba Азия (the continent of Asia) · sah Азия (the continent of Asia) · pam Asia (the continent of Asia) · tet Ázia (the continent of Asia) · pdc Asie (the continent of Asia) · nb Asia (the continent of Asia) · nn Asia (the continent of Asia) · khb ᦊᦱᧈᦵᦋᦲᧁᧈ (the continent of Asia) · sk Ázia (the continent of Asia) · si ආසියාව (the continent of Asia) · or ଏସିୟା (the continent of Asia) · bo ཡ་ཀྲོའུ་གླིང (the continent of Asia) · myv Азия (the continent of Asia) · fa آسِیا (the continent of Asia) · co Asia (the continent of Asia) · vi Á (the continent of Asia) · mnc ᠠᠰᡳᠶᠠ (province of Roman empire) · bo ཨེ་ཤེ་ཡ (the continent of Asia) · id Asia (the continent of Asia) · xcl Ասիա (the continent of Asia) · lbe Азия (the continent of Asia) · hi आसिया (the continent of Asia) · mdf Азия (the continent of Asia) · km អាស៊ី (the continent of Asia) · sh А̑зија (the continent of Asia) · xpr 𐭀𐭎𐭀𐭉𐭀 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓 (province of Roman empire) · ha Asiya (the continent of Asia) · ak Ehyia (the continent of Asia) · pa ایشیا (the continent of Asia) · lv Āzija (the continent of Asia) · chr ᎠᏏᎠ (the continent of Asia) · mk А́зија (the continent of Asia) · yue 亞洲 /亚洲 (the continent of Asia) · ur ایشِیا (the continent of Asia) · koi Азия (the continent of Asia) · hsb Azija (the continent of Asia) · lkt Hazíla Makȟóčhe (the continent of Asia) · nl Azië (the continent of Asia) · ota آسیا (the continent of Asia) · mr आसिया (province of Roman empire) · tr Asya (the continent of Asia) · sw Asia (the continent of Asia) · sat ᱮᱥᱤᱭᱟ (the continent of Asia) · grc Ἀσία (province of Roman empire) · haw ʻĀkia (the continent of Asia) · sq Azia (the continent of Asia) · din Athiɛ (the continent of Asia) · sd ايشيا (the continent of Asia) · udm Азия (the continent of Asia) · uk А́зія (the continent of Asia) · th เอเชีย (the continent of Asia) · gu એશિયા (the continent of Asia) · rhg Asía (the continent of Asia) · nds Asien (the continent of Asia) · kn ಏಷ್ಯಾ (the continent of Asia) · kmr Asya (the continent of Asia) · az Asiya (the continent of Asia) · ja アジア (the continent of Asia) · fr Asie (the continent of Asia) · nrf Âsie (the continent of Asia) · an Asia (the continent of Asia)