Āzija

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía, “Asia”).

Āzija f (4th declension)

1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
2. (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in modern western Turkey, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

   Āzijā dzīvo vairāk, kā 60% pasaules iedzīvotāju ― more than 60% of the world's inhabitants live in Asia

• aziāts, aziāte
• aziātisks

• kontinents
• The Earth's continents (Zemes kontinenti):
  Eirāzija (Eiropa, Āzija) - Āfrika - Amerika (Ziemeļamerika, Dienvidamerika) - Okeānija (Austrālija) - Antarktīda/Antarktika