East Asia

English

The UNSD definition of "Eastern Asia" (in yellow)

Proper noun

East Asia

1. The eastern part of Asia inclusive of China proper, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan and sometimes inclusive of Mongolia and Tibet and some or all of Southeast Asia and the Philippines.
   • 1981 April, Michael R. Kelsey, “Asia”, in Climbers and Hikers Guide to the World's Mountains (Including 318 Maps)‎^[1], 1st edition, Springville, Utah: Kelsey Publishing Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 258:

     Yu Shan or Jade Mountain, 3997 meters, is the highest mountain in Taiwan and all of east Asia. It is built of metamorphic rock, as are all the mountains in Taiwan.

Synonyms

• Eastern Asia; Sinosphere, Orient (potentially offensive); Chinkland (pejorative); Far East (dated)

Holonyms

• Asia, Eurasia, Afro-Eurasia, World

Coordinate terms

• Central Asia, North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, West Asia

Derived terms

• East Asian

Translations

eastern subregion of Asia

• Acehnese: Asia Timu
• Afrikaans: Oos Asië, Oos-Asië
• Albanian: Azi Lindore f, Azia Lindore f (definite)
• Amharic: ምስራቅ እስያ (məsraḳ ʾəsya)
• Arabic: شَرْق آسِيَا m (šarq ʔāsiyā)
• Armenian: Արևելյան Ասիա (Arewelyan Asia)
• Asturian: Asia Oriental f
• Azerbaijani: Şərqi Asiya
• Banjarese: Asia Timur
• Bashkir: Көнсығыш Азия (Könsığış Aziya)
• Basque: Ekialdeko Asia
• Belarusian: Усхо́дняя А́зія f (Usxódnjaja Ázija)
• Bengali: পূর্ব এশিয়া (purbo eśiẏa)
• Bihari: पूर्ब एशिया
• Bikol Central: Subangan na Asya
• Bulgarian: И́зточна А́зия f (Íztočna Ázija)
• Burmese: အရှေ့အာရှ (a.hre.ahra.)
• Catalan: Àsia Oriental f
• Cebuano: Sidlakang Asya
• Chechen: Малхбален Ази (Malxbalen Azi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 東亞／东亚 (dung¹ aa³)

  Hakka: 東亞／东亚 (Tûng-Â)

  Mandarin: 東亞／东亚 (zh) (Dōngyà)

  Southern Min: 東亞／东亚 (Tang-a)

  Wu: 東亞／东亚 (¹ton-ya)

• Corsican: Asia orientale f, Asia urientale f
• Czech: Východní Asie f
• Danish: Østasien c, Fjernøsten c
• Dutch: Oost-Azië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Orienta Azio
• Estonian: Ida-Aasia
• Finnish: Itä-Aasia (fi)
• French: Asie de l’Est (fr) f
• Georgian: აღმოსავლეთი აზია (aɣmosavleti azia)
• German: Ostasien (de)
• Greek: Ανατολική Ασία f (Anatolikí Asía)
• Guaraní: Kuarahyresẽ Asia
• Hebrew: מִזְרַח אַסְיָה f (mizrákh ásya)
• Hindi: पूर्वी एशिया m (pūrvī eśiyā)
• Hungarian: Kelet-Ázsia (hu)
• Icelandic: Austur-Asía (is)
• Ido: Estal Azia
• Ilocano: Daya nga Asia
• Indonesian: Asia Timur
• Italian: Asia orientale (it) f
• Japanese: 東アジア (ja) (ひがしアジア, Higashi Ajia), 東亜 (ja) (とうあ, Tōa)
• Kannada: ಪೂರ್ವ ಏಷ್ಯಾ (pūrva ēṣyā)
• Kazakh: Шығыс Азия (kk) (Şyğys Aziä)
• Khmer: អាស៊ីខាងកើត (ʼaazii khaang kaət)
• Korean: 동아시아 (Dong'asia), 동아(東亞) (ko) (Dong'a) (rare)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڕۆژھەڵاتی ئاسیا (rojhellatî asya)

• Kyrgyz: Чыгыш Азия (Cıgış Aziya)
• Lao: ອາຊີຕາເວັນອອກ (ʼā sī tā wen ʼǭk)
• Latvian: Austrumāzija f
• Lithuanian: Rytų Azija f
• Macedonian: Источна Азија f (Istočna Azija)
• Malagasy: Azia Atsinanana
• Malay: Asia Timur (ms)
• Malayalam: പൂർവ്വേഷ്യ (pūṟvvēṣya)
• Maori: Āhia-ki-te-Rāwhiti
• Marathi: पूर्व आशिया (pūrva āśiyā)
• Moksha: Шистяма Азия (Šisťama Aźija)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Дорнод Ази (Dornod Azi)

• Nepali: पूर्वी एसिया (pūrvī esiyā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Øst-Asia n

• Oromo: Eeshiyaa Bahaa
• Pashto: ختيځه اسيا f (xatiźa āsyā)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: شَرْقِ آسِیا (šarğ-e âsiyâ), آسِیایِ شَرْقی (âsiyâ-ye šarği)

• Polish: Azja Wschodnia f
• Portuguese: Ásia Oriental f
• Punjabi: ਪੂਰਬੀ ਏਸ਼ੀਆ (pūrbī ēśīā)
• Romanian: Asia de Est f
• Russian: Восто́чная А́зия (ru) f (Vostóčnaja Ázija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Istočna Azija f

• Sicilian: Asia livanti
• Sindhi: اوڀر ايشيا
• Sinhalese: නැගෙනහිර ආසියාව (nægenahira āsiyāwa)
• Slovak: Východná Ázia f
• Slovene: Vzhodna Azija f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: Wuchodna Azija f

• Spanish: Asia del Este, Asia Oriental f
• Swahili: Asia ya Mashariki
• Swedish: Östasien (sv) n
• Tagalog: Silangang Asya
• Tajik: Осиёи Шарқӣ (Osiyoyi Šarqī)
• Tamil: கிழக்காசியா (kiḻakkāciyā)
• Telugu: తూర్పు ఆసియా (tūrpu āsiyā)
• Thai: เอเชียตะวันออก (ee-chiia-dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk), เอเชียบูรพา (ee-chiia-buu-rá-paa)
• Turkish: Doğu Asya (tr)
• Turkmen: Gündogar Aziýa
• Ukrainian: Схі́дна А́зія f (Sxídna Ázija)
• Urdu: مَشْرِقی ایشِیا m (maśriqī eśiyā)
• Uyghur: شەرقىي ئاسىيا (sherqiy asiya)
• Uzbek: Sharqiy Osiyo
• Vietnamese: Đông Á (vi) (東亞), Á Đông (亞東)
• Welsh: Dwyrain Asia (cy)
• Western Panjabi: چڑھدا ایشیا
• Yakut: Илин Азия (İlin Aziya)
• Zulu: Impumalanga Asia

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Marathi: पूर्वी एशिया n (pūrvī eśiyā)
• Nepali: पूर्वी एशिया n (pūrvī eśiyā)
• Romanian: Asia de Est f, Asia Orientală f, Asia de Răsărit f
• Sanskrit: पूर्वी एशिया n (pūrvī eśiyā)