東亜

See also: 東亞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東	亜
とう Grade: 2	あ Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
東亞 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーあ [tóꜜòà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːa̠]

Proper noun

東(とう)亜(あ) • (Tōa) ^{←とうあ (Toua)?}

1. (possibly obsolete) East Asia (a geographic region comprising 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)

   Synonym: (common) 東アジア (Higashi Ajia)

   大(だい)東(とう)亜(あ)共(きょう)栄(えい)圏(けん)

   Dai Tōa Kyōeiken

   Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

Derived terms

• 東(とう)亜(あ)新(しん)秩(ちつ)序(じょ) (Tōa shinchitsujo)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.