HyperDic: asian

English > 2 senses of the word Asian:
ADJECTIVEpertAsian, Asiaticof or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture
NOUNperson Asian, Asiatica native or inhabitant of Asia
Asian > pronunciation
Soundsey'zhahn
RhymesAachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...
English > Asian: 2 senses > adjective 1, pert
MeaningOf or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
SynonymAsiatic
Spanishasiático
Catalanasiàtic
NounsAsiathe nations of the Asian continent collectively
Asiathe largest continent with 60% of the earth's population
Asiana native or inhabitant of Asia
English > Asian: 2 senses > noun 1, person
MeaningA native or inhabitant of Asia.
SynonymAsiatic
NarrowerAfghan, AfghanistaniA native or inhabitant of Afghanistan
AltaicAny member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group
ArmenianA native or inhabitant of Armenia
BangladeshiA native or inhabitant of Bangladesh
Bengali(Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus)
Bhutanese, BhutaniA native or inhabitant of Bhutan
BurmeseA native or inhabitant of Myanmar
ByzantineA native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
Cambodian, KampucheanA native or inhabitant of Cambodia
ChineseA native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China
East IndianA native or inhabitant of the East Indies
EurasianA person of mixed European and Asian descent
Evenki, EwenkiA member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia
Hindu, Hindoo, HindustaniA native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India
Hmong, MiaoA people living traditionally in mountain villages in southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam and Laos and Thailand
IberianA native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus
IndianA native or inhabitant of India
IndonesianA native or inhabitant of Indonesia
Irani, Iranian, PersianA native or inhabitant of Iran
Iraqi, IrakiA native or inhabitant of Iraq
IsraeliA native or inhabitant of Israel
IsraeliteA native or inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Israel
Japanese, NipponeseA native or inhabitant of Japan
JordanianA native or inhabitant of Jordan
KazakhstaniA native or inhabitant of Kazakhstan
KoreanA native or inhabitant of Korea who speaks the Korean language
KurdA member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan
KuwaitiA native or inhabitant of Kuwait
Lao, LaotianA member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speaking the Lao language
LebaneseA native or inhabitant of Lebanon
Malay, MalayanA member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
MalaysianA native or inhabitant of Malaysia
Maldivian, MaldivanA native or inhabitant of Maldives
Mongol, MongolianA member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia
MongoloidA member of the Mongoloid race
Nepalese, NepaliA native or inhabitant of Nepal
PakistaniA native or inhabitant of Pakistan
ParthianA native or inhabitant of Parthia
SherpaA member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers
SingaporeanAn inhabitant of Singapore
Sinhalese, SinghaleseA native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka
Sri LankanA native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka
SyrianA native or inhabitant of Syria
TaiwaneseA native or inhabitant of Taiwan
Tajik, TadzhikA native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China
Thai, Tai, SiameseA native or inhabitant of Thailand
TibetanA native or inhabitant of Tibet
TimoreseA native or inhabitant of Timor
Trojan, Dardan, DardanianA native of ancient Troy
TurkiAny member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language
Vietnamese, AnnameseA native or inhabitant of Vietnam
coolie, cooly(ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer
Broaderinhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indwellerA person who inhabits a particular place
person of color, person of colour(formal) any non-European non-white person
Spanishasiática, asiático
Catalanasiàtic
AdjectivesAsianof or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture

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