Asia
The largest continent, located east of Europe, west of the Pacific Ocean, north of…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.
» China is the largest country in Asia.
China ist das größte Land in Asien. — Ole
Китай - самая большая страна в Азии. — dariyus
Китай — найбільша країна в Азії. — Internecivus
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7 senses(uncountable, usually)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.
Asien, Asien
А́зияÁzija
А́зіяÁzija
(Greek, uncountable, usually)A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
(Greek, uncountable, usually)An epithet of Athena.
(Greek, uncountable, usually)One of the Nereids.
(uncountable, usually)67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.
(uncountable, usually)A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage.
(historical, uncountable, usually)An ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD.
А́зияÁzija
Examples
207 sentencesChina is the largest country in Asia.
Китай — найбільша країна в Азії. — Internecivus
ruКитай - самая большая страна в Азии. — dariyus
deChina ist das größte Land in Asien. — Ole
China is the biggest country in Asia.
Китай — найбільша країна в Азії. — Internecivus
ruКитай - самая большая страна в Азии. — dariyus
Japan is in the eastern part of Asia.
Японія знаходиться на сході Азії. — deniko
Some of the students were from Asia and the others were from Europe.
Деякі студенти були з Азії, а інші — з Європи. — deniko
ruНекоторые из студентов были из Азии, а другие — из Европы. — Hellerick
How many countries are in Asia?
Скільки країн в Азії? — deniko
ruСколько в Азии стран? — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English Asia, Asie, from Old French Asie and Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓From Middle English Asia, Asie, from Old French Asie and Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 (a-si-wi-ja /aswijaː/), in turn probably from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 (aš-šu-wa /Aššuwa/, “northwest Anatolia”) of uncertain origin. Potentially from an Aegean language family substrate or Akkadian. Possibly a doublet of Assuwa.
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