Meaning

2 senses

  1. (dated, offensive, sometimes)An Asian.

  2. One of the people of ancient Canaan, Syria, or Mesopotamia; a Semite.

More definitions
  • a native or inhabitant of Asia

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Arabic anciently supplanted Ancient Egyptian, both languages belonging to the Afro-Asiatic language family.

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  2. The Somali language is part of the Afro-Asiatic language family, belonging specifically to the Cushitic branch.

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  3. Egyptian is a branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, which also includes Arabic, Hebrew and Berber languages.

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Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin āsiāticus; equivalent to Asia + -atic.

Learned borrowing from Latin āsiāticus; equivalent to Asia + -atic.

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Forms

plural: Asiatics
SingularAsiatic
PluralAsiatics

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
AsianB1
Close in meaning
  • a native or inhabitant of Asia:Asian

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ashoreashtrayAsianB1asideB1asinine
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