A·si·at·ic (  zh - t  k, -sh-, -z-)adj. Asian: the Asiatic reaches of the Soviet Union; a tropical Asiatic plant. n. Often Offensive An Asian. Usage Note: As with Oriental, the use of Asiatic in referring to the peoples and cultures of Asia sounds conspicuously dated in contemporary American English, tending to evoke the prejudicial and offensive stereotypes of an earlier era. The preferred ethnic term is now clearly Asian. In most other contexts, however, as in Asiatic Russia or the Asiatic elephant, the term remains a neutral geographic descriptor that need not automatically be replaced with Asian. See Usage Note at oriental. |
Asiatic [ˌeɪʃɪˈætɪk -zɪ-]
n & adj
(Placename) (Social Science / Peoples) (Linguistics / Languages) another word for Asian
Usage: See at Asian
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| Noun | 1. |  Asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia person of color, person of colour - (formal) any non-European non-white person 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) 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 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 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 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 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. | Asiatic - of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture; "Asian countries" |
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