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Meaning of Asia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈeɪ.ʒə

Definitions

  1. The largest continent, located east of Europe (typically delimited by the Urals), west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean.
    countable, uncountable
  2. A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
    Greek, countable, uncountable
  3. An epithet of Athena.
    Greek, countable, uncountable
  4. One of the Nereids.
    Greek, countable, uncountable
  5. 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.
    countable, uncountable
  6. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage.
    countable, uncountable
  7. An ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD.
    countable, historical, uncountable

Equivalents

Afrikaans Asië
العربية آسيا أسيا
Azərbaycanca Asiya
Беларуская Азія
Български Азия
বাংলা এশিয়া
བོད་སྐད ཨེ་ཤེ་ཡ
Bosanski A Azija Азија
Català Àsia
Čeština Asie
Cymraeg Asia
Dansk Asien
Deutsch Asien Osten
Ελληνικά Ασία
Esperanto Azio
Español asia
Eesti Aasia
فارسی آسیا
Suomi Aasia
Français Asia Asie
Galego Asia
ગુજરાતી એશિયા
Hausa Asiya
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ʻākia
עברית אסיה
हिन्दी एशिया
Hrvatski A Azija Азија
Magyar Ázsia
Հայերեն Ասիա
Bahasa Indonesia Asia
Íslenska Asía
Italiano Asia
日本語 あじあ 亜州 亜洲 亜細亜
ქართული აზია
Қазақша Азия
ខ្មែរ អាស៊ី
한국어 아세아 아시아 아주
Kurdî a a Asiya Asya azî
Кыргызча Азия
Latina Asia
ລາວ ອາຊີ
Lietuvių Azija
Latviešu Āzija
Македонски Азија
മലയാളം ഏഷ്യ
Монгол Ази
मराठी आशिया
Bahasa Melayu Asia
Malti Asja
မြန်မာဘာသာ အာရှ
नेपाली एशिया
Nederlands Azië
Polski Azja
Português Ásia
Română Asia
Русский Азия
සිංහල ආසියාව
Slovenčina Ázia
Slovenščina Azija
Shqip Azi Azia
Српски A Azija Азија
Svenska Asien
Kiswahili Asia
தமிழ் ஆசியா
తెలుగు ఆసియా
Тоҷикӣ Осиё
ไทย ชมพูทวีป เอเชีย
Türkmençe Aziýa
Tagalog Asya
Türkçe Asya
ئۇيغۇرچە ئاسىيا
Українська Азія Асія
اردو ایشیا
Oʻzbekcha Osiyo
Tiếng Việt A Á Á Châu Á Tế Á Châu Á 亞
Yorùbá Eṣia
中文 Азия 亞洲 /亚洲 亞細亞 /亚细亚

Examples

“All Aſia, which the Ancients divide into Aſia the Great and Aſia the Leſs, modern Computors part into five Diviſions, Perſia, the Turkiſh Empire, India, (to which they caſt in the adjacent Iſles) Tartary, and China.”
““A shift from jus soli to jus sanguinis has been witnessed in Asia in the course of the twentieth century,” wrote Olivier Vonk at the Maastricht Centre in a 2017 paper.”
“And Scott Haskell started going out with this sophomore girl called Asia, who was this rich girl from Weston Heights.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Asia Major Asia Minor Asia Pac Asia-Pac Asia-Pacific Asiad

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