Ασία
See also: Ἀσία
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈsi.a/
- Hyphenation: Α‧σί‧α
Proper noun
Ασία • (Asía) f (usually uncountable, plural Ασίες)
- Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
- (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)
Declension
Usually in the singular.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ασία (Asía) | Ασίες (Asíes) |
| genitive | Ασίας (Asías) | Ασιών (Asión) |
| accusative | Ασία (Asía) | Ασίες (Asíes) |
| vocative | Ασία (Asía) | Ασίες (Asíes) |
Derived terms
- ασιανολογία f (asianología, “Asian studies”)
- ασιανολόγος m or f (asianológos, “Orientalist”)
- ασιανός (asianós, “Asian, Asiatic”, adjective)
- Ασιάτης m (Asiátis, “Asian”)
- ασιατικός (asiatikós, “Asian, Asiatic”, adjective)
- Ασιάτισσα f (Asiátissa, “Asian”)
Further reading
- Ασία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el