Asian

A·sian  (zhn, shn)

adj.

Of or relating to Asia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.

n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Asia.

2. A person of Asian descent.

Usage Note: Asia is the largest of the continents with more than half the world's population. Though strictly speaking all of its inhabitants are Asians, in practice this term is applied almost exclusively to the peoples of East, Southeast, and South Asia as opposed to those of Southwest Asiasuch as Arabs, Turks, Iranians, and Kurdswho are more usually designated Middle or Near Easterners. Indonesians and Filipinos are properly termed Asian, since their island groups are considered part of the Asian continent, but not the Melanesians, Micronesians, and Polynesians of the central and southern Pacific, who are now often referred to collectively as Pacific Islanders. See Usage Note at oriental.

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Asian

Adjective

1. of Asia

2. Brit of the Indian subcontinent

Noun

1. a person from Asia

2. Brit a person from the Indian subcontinent or a descendant of one

USAGE: The use of Asian or Asiatic as a noun can be offensive and should be avoided.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Asian - a native or inhabitant of Asia       Asiatic denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, indweller - a person who inhabits a particular place person of color, person of colour - (formal) any non-European non-white person coolie, cooly - (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer Oriental, oriental person - a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans) Indian - a native or inhabitant of India Eurasian - a person of mixed European and Asian descent Afghanistani, Afghan - a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan Altaic - any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group Armenian - a native or inhabitant of Armenia Bangladeshi - a native or inhabitant of Bangladesh Bengali - (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus) Bhutanese, Bhutani - a native or inhabitant of Bhutan Burmese - a native or inhabitant of Myanmar Byzantine - a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire Cambodian, Kampuchean - a native or inhabitant of Cambodia Chinese - a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China East Indian - a native or inhabitant of the East Indies Malay, Malayan - a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago Hindoo, Hindu, Hindustani - a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India Hmong, Miao - a people living traditionally in mountain villages in southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam and Laos and Thailand; many have emigrated to the United States Indonesian - a native or inhabitant of Indonesia Irani, Iranian, Persian - a native or inhabitant of Iran; "the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims" Iraki, Iraqi - a native or inhabitant of Iraq; "the majority of Iraqi are Arab Shiite Muslims although Sunni Muslims control the government" Israelite - a native or inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Israel Israeli - a native or inhabitant of Israel Japanese, Nipponese - a native or inhabitant of Japan Jordanian - a native or inhabitant of Jordan Korean - a native or inhabitant of Korea who speaks the Korean language Kurd - a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state Kuwaiti - a native or inhabitant of Kuwait Lao, Laotian - a member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speaking the Lao language; related to the Thais Lebanese - a native or inhabitant of Lebanon Malaysian - a native or inhabitant of Malaysia Maldivan, Maldivian - a native or inhabitant of Maldives Nepalese, Nepali - a native or inhabitant of Nepal Pakistani - a native or inhabitant of Pakistan Parthian - a native or inhabitant of Parthia Singhalese, Sinhalese - a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka Sherpa - a member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers Syrian - a native or inhabitant of Syria Taiwanese - a native or inhabitant of Taiwan Tadzhik, Tajik - a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China Tai, Thai, Siamese - a native or inhabitant of Thailand Tibetan - a native or inhabitant of Tibet Turki - any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language Kazakhstani - a native or inhabitant of Kazakhstan Annamese, Vietnamese - a native or inhabitant of Vietnam Singaporean - an inhabitant of Singapore
Adj.	1.	Asian - of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture; "Asian countries" Asiatic

Translations

Asian [ˈeɪʃən], Asiatic [eɪsɪˈætɪk] adj, n → asiático/a m/f

Asian [ˈeɪʃən] Asia n (from Asia) → Asiatique m/f;

(Brit) (from Indian subcontinent) → Indo-Pakistanais/e

adj → asiatique; indo-pakistanais/e

Asian [ˈeɪʃən] Asia adj → asiatisch

n → Asiat(in) m(f)

Asian [ˈeɪʃən] adj, n → asiatico/a