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| 1. | [ adjective ] denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines, Borneo and Java | |
| Synonyms: | oriental | |
| Examples: | "for people of South and East Asian ancestry the term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'" |
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| Related terms: | eastern | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture | |
| Synonyms: | Asiatic | |
| Examples: | "Asian countries" |
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| Related terms: | Asia Asia | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a native or inhabitant of Asia | |
| Synonyms: | Asiatic | |
| Related terms: | inhabitant person_of_color Israeli Japanese Korean Malay Armenian Altaic Bangladeshi Bengali Indian Oriental kazakhstani Kuwaiti Parthian Hindu Indonesian Irani Iraqi israelite byzantine Jordanian Lao Lebanese Burmese Bhutanese Malaysian Maldivian Cambodian Nepalese Pakistani Sinhalese Syrian Taiwanese Thai Turki Vietnamese Singaporean Sri_Lankan Trojan Chinese sherpa Afghan kurd tadzhik tibetan Eurasian timorese coolie | |
| Similar spelling: |
Aswan Askin asean asana Assuan Asin Assouan Assam ashen asama ask_in ascoma Asamiya |
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