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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun asian has 1 sense
- asian(n = noun.person) asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia; Array is a kind of denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant, person of color, person of colour
has particulars: coolie, cooly, oriental, oriental person, indian, eurasian, afghan, afghanistani, altaic, armenian, bangladeshi, bengali, bhutanese, bhutani, burmese, byzantine, cambodian, kampuchean, chinese, east indian, malay, malayan, hindoo, hindu, hindustani, hmong, miao, indonesian, irani, iranian, persian, iraki, iraqi, israelite, israeli, japanese, nipponese, jordanian, korean, kurd, kuwaiti, lao, laotian, lebanese, malaysian, maldivan, maldivian, nepalese, nepali, pakistani, parthian, singhalese, sinhalese, sherpa, syrian, taiwanese, tadzhik, tajik, siamese, tai, thai, tibetan, turki, kazakhstani, annamese, vietnamese, singaporean, sri lankan, dardan, dardanian, trojan, iberian, mongoloid, timorese
Derived form adjective asian1
Adjective asian has 1 sense
- asian(a = adj.pert) asiatic - of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture; "Asian countries" Derived forms noun asia2, noun asia1, noun asian1
CIDE DICTIONARY
asian, a. [L. Asianus, Gr. , fr. , L. Asia.].
Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
asian, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a native of Asia.
2 a person of Asian descent.
--adj. of or relating to Asia or its people, customs, or languages.
--n.
1 a native of Asia.
2 a person of Asian descent.
--adj. of or relating to Asia or its people, customs, or languages.
Etymology
L Asianus f. Gk Asianos f. Asia
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