Asian
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈeɪʒən/, /ˈeɪʃən/
Asian (plural Asians)
- A person from Asia.
- A person with Asian ancestry.
- (US, Canada, Australia, NZ) A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia.
- (UK, Ireland, South Africa) A person from or with ancestry in the Indian subcontinent.
- 2013, Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala:
- Were there Taliban beheading people? I didn't tell my parents, but I flinched if an Asian-looking man came close.
- 2013, Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala:
- A domestic cat of a breed similar to the Burmese.
- See Thesaurus:Asian
- (person from Asia): Oriental
- (person from east Asia): East Asian, Oriental, Oriental Asian, Chinese (loosely)
- (person from the Indian subcontinent): South Asian, Desi, Asian Indian, East Indian, Indian (loosely), Pakistani (loosely)
- French: Asiatique
- German: Asiate, Asiatin
- Italian: asiatico, asiatica
- Portuguese: asiático, asiática
- Russian: азиа́т
- Spanish: asiático, asiática
Asian (not comparable)
- Of, relating to or from Asia.
- white, black, Asian and Chinese Britons
- French: asiatique
- German: asiatisch
- Italian: asiatico, asiatica
- Portuguese: asiático
- Russian: азиа́тский
- Spanish: asiático
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