Meaning of ASIAN
| Pronunciation: | | 'eyzhun
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- [n] a native or inhabitant of Asia
- [adj] denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java; "Oriental politeness"; "for people of South and East Asian ancestry the term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'"; "Asian ancestry"
- [adj] of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture; "Asian countries"
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| | Synonyms: | | Asiatic, Asiatic, eastern, oriental |
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| | See Also: | | Afghan, Afghanistani, Altaic, Annamese, Armenian, Bangladeshi, Bengali, Bhutanese, Bhutani, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, coolie, cooly, Dardan, Dardanian, Eurasian, Hindoo, Hindu, Hindustani, Indian, Indonesian, Iraki, Irani, Iranian, Iraqi, Israeli, Israelite, Japanese, Jordanian, Kampuchean, Korean, Kuwaiti, Lao, Laotian, Lebanese, Malay, Malayan, Malaysian, Maldivan, Maldivian, Nepalese, Nepali, Nipponese, Oriental, oriental person, Pakistani, Parthian, Pashto, Pathan, Persian, person of color, person of colour, Sherpa, Siamese, Singaporean, Singhalese, Sinhalese, Sri Lankan, Syrian, Tai, Taiwanese, Thai, Trojan, Turki, Vietnamese | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \A"sian\, a. [L. Asianus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, L. Asia.]
Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic. ``Asian princes.'' --Jer.
Taylor. -- n. An Asiatic.
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