From Latin āsiānus.

• IPA: /ˈeɪʒən/, /ˈeɪʃən/

Asian (plural Asians)

1. A person from the continent of Asia, or a descendant thereof - especially:
   1. (US, Canada, Australia, NZ, also International English on the Internet) A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia, occasionally South Asia.
   2. (UK, Ireland, South Africa) A person from or with ancestry in South Asia.
      • 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.

2. A domestic cat of a breed similar to the Burmese.

• See Thesaurus:Asian
• (person from Asia): Oriental, Asiatic
• (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, Asiat, Asiatin (female)
• Italian: asiatico, asiatica
• Portuguese: asiático, asiática
• Russian: азиа́т
• Spanish: asiático, asiática

• French: asiatique
• Italian: asiatico, asiatica
• Portuguese: asiático, asiática
• Spanish: hindú, indio

• French: asiatique
• Portuguese: asiático, asiática
• Spanish: oriental

Asian (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to or from Asia.

• Asiatic

• Asiatic → Asiatically
• Asiaphobe, Asiaphobia, Asiaphobic

• Asian-Pacific
• British Asian
• Central Asian
• East Asian

• Indo-Asian (Indoasian)
• non-Asian
• Pan-Asian
• South Asian
• Southeast Asian
• West Asian
• Western Asian

• French: asiatique
• German: asiatisch
• Italian: asiatico
• Portuguese: asiático
• Russian: азиа́тский
• Spanish: asiático