아시아

Korean

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps borrowed from English Asia, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Asia
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Asia
McCune–Reischauer?Asia
Yale Romanization?asia

Proper noun

아시아 • (Asia)

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
    Synonyms: 아시아주 (asiaju), 아세아 (asea), 아세아주 (aseaju), 아주 (aju)
  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)

Derived terms

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