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    <title>Asia</title>
    <id>8600</id>
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      <id>6815212</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-17T22:17:53Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Bjankuloski06en</username>
        <id>28238</id>
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      <comment>/* Translations */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{also|asia|asía|asĩa|Ásia|Asía}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|grc|en}} {{term|Ἀσία|tr=Asia|lang=grc|sc=polytonic}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|[ˈeɪʒə]|[ˈeɪʃə]}}, {{SAMPA|[&quot;eIZ@]|[&quot;eIS@]}}
*: {{audio|En-us-Asia.ogg|audio (US)}}
*: {{rhymes|eɪʃə|eɪʒə}}

===Proper noun===
{{en-proper noun}}

# A [[continent]] located east of [[Europe]], west of the [[Pacific Ocean]], north of [[Oceania]] and south of the [[Arctic Ocean]]. &lt;!--
It contains the following countries:
'''Central Asia'''
* [[Kazakhstan]]
* [[Kyrgyzstan]]
* [[Tajikistan]]
* [[Turkmenistan]]
* [[Uzbekistan]]
: together with parts of:
* [[Afghanistan]]
* [[China]] ([[Xinjiang]])
* [[Iran]]
* [[Mongolia]]
* [[Pakistan]]
* [[Russia]]
'''East Asia'''
* [[Japan]]
* [[Korea]]
* [[Mongolia]]
* [[People's Republic of China]]: [[Mainland China]], [[Hong Kong]], and [[Macau]]
* [[Republic of China]] on [[Taiwan]]
'''Southeast Asia'''
* [[Brunei]]
* [[Cambodia]]
* [[East Timor]]
* [[Indonesia]]
* [[Laos]]
* [[Malaysia]]
* [[Myanmar]] (Burma)
* [[Philippines|The Philippines]]
* [[Singapore]]
* [[Thailand]]
* [[Vietnam]]
'''South Asia'''
* [[India]]
* [[Pakistan]]
* [[Bangladesh]]
* [[Sri Lanka]]
* [[Nepal]]
* [[Bhutan]]
* [[Maldives]]
* Often [[Afghanistan]] is also included.
'''Middle East'''
* [[Turkey]]
* [[Cyprus]]
* [[Syria]]
* [[Lebanon]]
* [[Iraq]]
* [[Iran]]
* [[Israel]]
* [[Jordan]]
* [[Egypt]]
* [[Saudi Arabia]]
* [[Kuwait]]
* [[Yemen]]
* [[Oman]]
* [[Bahrain]]
* [[Qatar]]
* the [[United Arab Emirates]]--&gt;
# {{given name|female|from=place names}} of modern usage, from the continent.
#* '''1994''' [[w:Blake Nelson|Blake Nelson]], ''Girl: A Novel'', Simon&amp;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.

====Translations====
{{trans-top|the continent of Asia}}
* [[Afrikaans]]: {{t|af|Asië|xs=Afrikaans}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|Azia|xs=Albanian}}
* Arabic: {{t-|ar|آسیا|f|tr=’āsiya|sc=Arab}}
* [[Aragonese]]: {{t-|an|Asia|f|xs=Aragonese}}
* Aramaic: {{tø|arc|ܐܣܝܐ|sc=Syrc}}
* Armenian: {{t-|hy|Ասիա|tr=Asia|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}}
* [[Assamese]]: {{t|as|এছিয়া|sc=Beng|xs=Assamese}}
* [[Asturian]]: {{t-|ast|Asia|f|xs=Asturian}}
* [[Azerbaijani]]: {{t+|az|Asiya|xs=Azeri}}
* [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|Asia|xs=Basque}}
* [[Bavarian]]: {{tø|bar|Asien}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|Азія|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|এশিয়া|sc=Beng|xs=Bengali}}
* [[Bikol]]: [[Asya]]
* [[Bishnupriya Manipuri]]: {{tø|bpy|এশিয়া|sc=Beng}}
* Bosnian: {{t-|bs|Azija|f}}
* [[Breton]]: {{t|br|Azia|f|xs=Breton}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|Азия|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|အာရ္ဟတိုက္|xs=Burmese}}
* [[Catalan]]: {{t|ca|Àsia|f}}
* [[Cebuano]]: {{tø|ceb|Asya|xs=Cebuano}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᎠᏏᎠ|tr=asia|xs=Cherokee}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tø|yue|亞洲|sc=Hani|xs=Cantonese}}
*: [[Gan]]: {{tø|gan|亞洲|tr=Nga jiu|xs=Gan}}
*: Hakka: {{tø|hak|Â-chû}}
*: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|亞洲|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}}, {{t-|cmn|亚洲|tr=Yàzhōu|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}}
*: Min Dong: {{tø|cdo|Ā-ciŭ|xs=Min Dong}}
*: Min Nan: {{t|nan|A-chiu|xs=Min Nan}}
*: Wu: {{tø|wuu|亚洲|sc=Hani|xs=Wu}}
* [[Chuvash]]: {{tø|cv|Ази|sc=Cyrl|xs=Chuvash}}
* [[Cornish]]: {{t-|kw|Asi|xs=Cornish}}
* [[Crimean Tatar]]: {{tø|crh|Asiya|xs=Crimean Tatar}}
* Croatian: {{t+|hr|Azija|f|alt=Ȃzija}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|Asie|f}}
* Danish: {{t-|da|Asien}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Azië|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|Azio|xs=Esperanto}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|Aasia}}
* Faroese: {{t-|fo|Asia|xs=Faroese}}
* Filipino: [[Ásya]]
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|Aasia}}
* [[Franco-Provençal]]: {{tø|frp|Asia|f}}
* French: {{t+|fr|Asie|f}}
* [[Friulian]]: {{tø|fur|Asie|f|xs=Friulian}}
* [[Galician]]: {{t-|gl|Asia|f|xs=Galician}}
* Georgian: {{t-|ka|აზია|tr=azia|xs=Georgian}}
* German: {{t+|de|Asien|n}}
* [[Gothic]]: {{tø|got|𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌰|tr=Asia|xs=Gothic}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|Ασία|f|tr=Asía|sc=Grek}}
* [[Guaraní]]: {{t-|gn|Asya|xs=Guaraní}}
* [[Gujarati]]: {{t|gu|એશિયા|xs=Gujarati}}
* [[Haitian Creole]]: {{tø|ht|Azi|xs=Haitian Creole}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אסיה|f|tr=Asia|sc=Hebr}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|एशिया|tr=ešiyā|sc=Deva|xs=Hindi}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|Ázsia}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|Asía}}
* [[Ido]]: {{t|io|Azia|xs=Ido}}
* [[Igbo]]: {{tø|ig|Asia|xs=Igbo}}
* [[Ilocano]]: {{tø|ilo|Asia|xs=Ilocano}}
* Indonesian: {{t-|id|Asia|xs=Indonesian}}
* [[Interlingua]]: {{t-|ia|Asia|xs=Interlingua}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|Áise|f|alt=an Áise|xs=Irish}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|Asia|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|アジア|tr=Ajia|sc=Jpan}}
* [[Javanese]]: {{t-|jv|Asia|xs=Javanese}}
* [[Kabyle]]: [[Asya]]
* [[Kannada]]: {{t|kn|ಏಷ್ಯಾ|xs=Kannada}}
* [[Kapampangan]]: [[Asia]]
* [[Kashubian]]: {{t-|csb|Azëjô|xs=Kashubian}}
* [[Khmer]]: {{t-|km|អាស៊ី|tr=asie|sc=Khmr|xs=Khmer}}
* [[Kinyarwanda]]: {{t|rw|Azia|xs=Kinyarwanda}}
* Korean: [[아시아]] (asia)
* Kurdish: {{t|ku|ئاسیا|sc=Arab}}, {{t+|ku|Asya}}
* [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t-|ky|Азия|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kyrgyz}}
* [[Kölsch]]: {{tø|ksh|Aasije|xs=Kölsch}}
* [[Ladino]]: {{tø|lad|Asia|f|xs=Ladino}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ອາຊີ|xs=Lao}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|Asia|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|Āzija|f|xs=Latvian}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Ligurian: Asia
* [[Limburgish]]: {{t-|li|Azië|xs=Limburgish}}
* [[Lingala]]: {{t|ln|Azía|xs=Lingala}}
* [[Lingua Franca Nova]]: {{tø|lfn|Asia}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|Azija|xs=Lithuanian}}
* [[Low Saxon]]: {{t-|nds|Asien|xs=Low Saxon}}
* [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|Azija|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}}
* [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t-|lb|Asien|xs=Luxembourgish}}
* [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|Азија|tr=Ázija|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}}
* [[Malagasy]]: {{t|mg|Azia|xs=Malagasy}}
* Malay: {{t-|ms|Asia|xs=Malay}}
* [[Malayalam]]: {{t|ml|ഏഷ്യ|xs=Malayalam}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|Asja|f|xs=Maltese}}
* [[Marathi]]: {{t|mr|आशिया|sc=Deva|xs=Marathi}}
* [[Mazanderani]]: {{fa-Arab|[[آسیا]]}}
* Mongolian: {{t|mn|Ази|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian}}
* [[Nahuatl]]: {{t|nah|Axia|xs=Nahuatl}}
* [[Neapolitan]]: {{tø|nap|Asia|f|xs=Neapolitan}}
* Nepali: {{t-|ne|एशिया|sc=Deva|xs=Nepali}}
* [[Newari]]: [[एसिया]]
* [[Norman]]: {{tø|nrm|Âsie|xs=Norman}}
* [[Northern Sami]]: {{tø|se|Ásia|xs=Northern Sami}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|Asia}}
* [[Novial]]: {{tø|nov|Asia|xs=Novial}}
* [[Occitan]]: {{t-|oc|Asia|f|xs=Occitan}}
* [[Old Church Slavonic]]: {{tø|cu|Асїꙗ|f|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}}
* Old English: {{t-|ang|Asia|xs=Old English}}
* [[Oriya]]: {{t|or|ଏସିଯା|xs=Oriya}}
* [[Oromo]]: {{t-|om|Asia|xs=Oromo}}
* [[Ossetian]]: {{tø|os|Ази|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ossetian}}
* [[Pangasinan]]: {{tø|pag|Asia|xs=Pangasinan}}
* [[Pashto]]: {{ps-Arab|[[آسيا]]}}
* [[Pennsylvania German]]: [[Asie]]
* Persian: {{t+|fa|آسیا|tr=Âsiyâ|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}}
* [[Piedmontese]]: {{tø|pms|Asia|f|xs=Piedmontese}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|Azja|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|Ásia|f}}
* [[Punjabi]]: [[ਏਸ਼ਿਆ]] (ešiā)
* [[Quechua]]: {{t-|qu|Asya|xs=Quechua}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|Asia|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|Азия|f|tr=Ázija|sc=Cyrl}}
* Samoan: {{t-|sm|Asia|xs=Samoan}}
* Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|एशिया|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}
* [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|Àisia|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}
* Serbian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|Азија|f|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Roman: [[Azija]] {{f}}
* [[Sicilian]]: {{t-|scn|Asia|f|xs=Sicilian}}
* [[Sindhi]]: {{t|sd|ايشيا|sc=Arab|xs=Sindhi}}
* [[Sinhala]]: [[ආසියාව]]
* Slovak: {{t|sk|Ázia|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|Azija|f}}
* Somali: {{t|so|Aasiya|xs=Somali}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|Asia|f}}
* [[Sundanese]]: {{t-|su|Asia|xs=Sundanese}}
* Swahili: {{t-|sw|Asia|xs=Swahili}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|Asien|n}}
* [[Tagalog]]: {{t+|tl|Asya|xs=Tagalog}}
* [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|Осиё|sc=Cyrl|xs=Tajik}}
* [[Tamil]]: {{t|ta|ஆசியா|xs=Tamil}}
* [[Telugu]]: {{t|te|ఆసియా|sc=Telu}}
* {{trreq|Tetum}}
* Thai: {{t|th|เอเชีย|tr=aychia|xs=Thai}}, {{t|th|ทวีปเอเชีย|tr=táwêep aychia|xs=Thai}}
* Tibetan: {{IPAchar|[[ཡ་ཀྲོའུ་གླིང་]]}}
* [[Tok Pisin]]: {{t|tpi|Esia|xs=Tok Pisin}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|Asya}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|Aziýa|xs=Turkmen}}
* [[Udmurt]]: {{tø|udm|Азия|sc=Cyrl|xs=Udmurt}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|Азія|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}
* [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{t+|hsb|Azija|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|ایشیاء|tr=ešiyā|sc=ur-Arab|xs=Urdu}}
* Uzbek: {{t|uz|Osiyo|xs=Uzbek}}
* [[Venetian]]: {{tø|vec|Axia|f|xs=Venetian}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|Châu Á|xs=Vietnamese}} ([[州亞]])
* [[Volapük]]: {{t+|vo|Siyop|xs=Volapük}}
* Welsh: {{t-|cy|Asia|xs=Welsh}}
* [[West Frisian]]: {{t|fy|Aazje|xs=West Frisian}}
* [[Wolof]]: {{t-|wo|Asi|xs=Wolof}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|אזיע|tr=azie|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Related terms====
* [[Asia Minor]]
* [[Asian]]
* [[asiaphile]]&lt;!-- ever capitalised? --&gt;
* [[Asiatic]]
* [[Australasia]]
* [[Central Asia]]
* [[East Asia]]
* [[South Asia]]
* [[Southeast Asia]]

===See also===
* [[Appendix:Place names in Asia]]

[[Category:Continents]]

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==Galician==
{{wikipedia|lang=gl}}

===Proper noun===
{{gl-proper noun|f}}

# [[#English|Asia]]

[[Category:gl:Continents]]

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==Indonesian==

===Noun===
'''Asia'''

# Asia

[[Category:Indonesian nouns]]

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==Italian==
{{wikipedia|lang=it}}

===Proper noun===
{{it-proper noun}} {{f}}

# {{context|continent|lang=it}} [[Asia#English|Asia]]
# {{given name|female|lang=it}}

====Derived terms====
* [[Asia Minore]]
* [[asiatico]]

[[Category:it:Continents]]

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==Latin==

===Proper noun===
{{la-proper noun|Asia|Asiae|Asiae|f|first}}

# [[#English|Asia]].

====Inflection====
{{la-decl-1st-loc|Asi}}

====Related terms====
* [[Asianus|Asiānus]]
* [[Asiaticus|Asiāticus]]
* [[Asius|Asius]]

====Descendants====
* English: [[#English|Asia]]

[[Category:la:Continents]]

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==Polish==

===Proper noun===
{{infl|pl|proper noun|g=f}}

# {{given name|female|lang=pl}}: diminutive of [[Joanna]].

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==Romanian==
{{wikipedia|lang=ro}}

===Etymology===
{{etyl|grc|ro}} {{Polytonic|[[Ἀσία]]}} (''Asia'')

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|[a.si.a]|lang=ro}}

===Proper noun===
{{infl|ro|proper noun|g=f}}

# [[#English|Asia]]

====Declension====
{{ro-country|gend=f|Asiei}}

[[Category:ro:Continents]]

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==Spanish==

===Proper noun===
{{es-proper noun|f}}

# [[Asia]]

[[Category:es:Continents]]

[[zh-min-nan:Asia]]
[[de:Asia]]
[[et:Asia]]
[[el:Asia]]
[[es:Asia]]
[[fa:Asia]]
[[fr:Asia]]
[[fy:Asia]]
[[ko:Asia]]
[[hy:Asia]]
[[io:Asia]]
[[it:Asia]]
[[kk:Asia]]
[[sw:Asia]]
[[lo:Asia]]
[[la:Asia]]
[[lt:Asia]]
[[hu:Asia]]
[[nl:Asia]]
[[ja:Asia]]
[[no:Asia]]
[[pl:Asia]]
[[pt:Asia]]
[[ro:Asia]]
[[ru:Asia]]
[[simple:Asia]]
[[sr:Asia]]
[[fi:Asia]]
[[sv:Asia]]
[[tr:Asia]]
[[uk:Asia]]
[[vi:Asia]]
[[vo:Asia]]
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