Asya

Borrowed from Russian Ася (Asja), informal pet form of Анастасия (Anastasija, “Ann”)).

Asya

1. A female given name from Russian, of modern usage.

• Ayas, ayas, saya, yaas, AYAs, Asay

Borrowed from Spanish Asia.

• Hyphenation: A‧sya
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔasja/ [ˈʔa.ʃa]

Asya

1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)

Borrowed from Spanish Asia.

• Hyphenation: A‧sya
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔasja/ [ˈʔas̪.jɐ]

Asya

1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːsˈjɑː/

Asya f (Arabic spelling ئاسیا)

1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)

• asyayî

• Asia

Borrowed from Spanish Asia.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔasja/ [ˈʔaː.ʃɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈʔasja/ [ˈʔas.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: As‧ya

Asya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜌ)

1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)

• saya

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آسیا (asiya), from Classical Persian آسیا (āsiyā), from Arabic آسِيَا (ʔāsiyā), from Ancient Greek Ἀσῐ́ᾱ (Asĭ́ā), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 (a-si-wi-ja /⁠aswijaː⁠/), in turn probably from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 (Aššuwa, “northwest Anatolia”) of uncertain origin.

• IPA^(key): [ä́s̪.jä]
• Hyphenation: As‧ya

Asya

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)
3. a female given name