About The Word Asian
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What's The Definition Of Asian?
[n] a native or inhabitant of Asia
[adj] denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java; "Oriental politeness"; "for people of South and East Asian ancestry the term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'"; "Asian ancestry" [adj] of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture; "Asian countries" Synonyms | Synonyms for Asian: Asiatic | Asiatic | eastern | oriental Related Terms | Find terms related to Asian: See Also | Afghan | Afghanistani | Altaic | Annamese | Armenian | Bangladeshi | Bengali | Bhutanese | Bhutani | Burmese | Cambodian | Chinese | coolie | cooly | Dardan | Dardanian | Eurasian | Hindoo | Hindu | Hindustani | Indian | Indonesian | Iraki | Irani | Iranian | Iraqi | Israeli | Israelite | Japanese | Jordanian | Kampuchean | Korean | Kuwaiti | Lao | Laotian | Lebanese | Malay | Malayan | Malaysian | Maldivan | Maldivian | Nepalese | Nepali | Nipponese | Oriental | oriental person | Pakistani | Parthian | Pashto | Pathan | Persian | person of color | person of colour | Sherpa | Siamese | Singaporean | Singhalese | Sinhalese | Sri Lankan | Syrian | Tai | Taiwanese | Thai | Trojan | Turki | Vietnamese Asian In Webster's Dictionary \A"sian\, a. [L. Asianus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, L. Asia.]
Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic. ``Asian princes.'' --Jer.
Taylor. -- n. An Asiatic.
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