Asia

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.4 See also 1.5 Anagrams 2 Galician 2.1 Proper noun 3 Indonesian 3.1 Noun 4 Italian 4.1 Proper noun 4.1.1 Derived terms 5 Latin 5.1 Proper noun 5.1.1 Inflection 5.1.2 Related terms 5.1.3 Descendants 6 Polish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Proper noun 6.2.1 Declension 7 Romanian 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Proper noun 7.3.1 Declension 8 Spanish 8.1 Proper noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asia).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈeɪʒə], [ˈeɪʃə], SAMPA: ["eIZ@], ["eIS@]

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃə, -eɪʒə

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Asia

Plural -

Asia

1. A continent located east of Europe, west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean.
2. A female given name of modern usage, from the continent.
   • 1994 Blake Nelson, Girl: A Novel, Simon&Schuster, ISBN 0671897071, page 81

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

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

• Asia Minor
• Asian
• asiaphile
• Asiatic
• Australasia
• Central Asia
• East Asia
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia

[edit] See also

• Appendix:Place names in Asia

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aais
• aias

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[edit] Galician

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Asia f.

1. Asia

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[edit] Indonesian

[edit] Noun

Asia

1. Asia

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[edit] Italian

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Asia f.

1. (continent) Asia
2. A female given name

[edit] Derived terms

• Asia Minore
• asiatico

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[edit] Latin

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Asia (genitive Asiae); f, first declension

1. Asia.

[edit] Inflection

nominative	Asia
genitive	Asiae
dative	Asiae
accusative	Asiam
ablative	Asiā
vocative	Asia
locative	Asiae

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• Asiānus
• Asiāticus
• Asius

[edit] Descendants

• English: Asia

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaɕa/

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Asia f.

1. A diminutive of the female given name Joanna, short form of Joasia.

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Asia	Asie
Genitive	Asi	Asi
Dative	Asi	Asiom
Accusative	Asię	Asie
Instrumental	Asią	Asiami
Locative	Asi	Asiach
Vocative	Asiu	Asie

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[edit] Romanian

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[edit] Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asia)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [a.si.a]

[edit] Proper noun

Asia f.

1. Asia

[edit] Declension

gender f.	uncountable
Nom/Acc	Asia
Gen/Dat	Asiei

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[edit] Spanish

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Asia f.

1. Asia