Azja
Appearance
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 (a-si-wi-ja /aswijaː/), probably from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 (aš-šu-wa /Aššuwa/) of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Azja f (related adjective azjatycki, demonym Azjata, female demonym Azjatka)
- Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
- Hyponym: Azja Zachodnia
- (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Azja
Derived terms
[edit]adjective
See also
[edit]continents: kontynentyedit
Further reading
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- Polish terms borrowed from Latin
- Polish learned borrowings from Latin
- Polish terms derived from Latin
- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish terms derived from Mycenaean Greek
- Polish terms derived from Hittite
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/azja
- Rhymes:Polish/azja/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Asia
- pl:Continents and continental regions
- Polish terms with historical senses
- pl:Provinces of the Roman Empire
- pl:Places in the Roman Empire
- Polish singularia tantum
