Save Type Region Usage English, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Greek, Norwegian, Indonesian, Malay, Ancient Greek Scripts Ασία(Greek) Ἀσία(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. AY-zhə(English) A-zya(Italian) A-sya(Spanish) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Perhaps derived from Akkadian asu, meaning "east". This is the name of the world's largest continent. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesAziya(Bulgarian) Asie(Czech) Asien(Danish) Aasia(Estonian) Aasia(Finnish) Asie(French) Asien(German) Aziya(Kazakh) Aziya(Kyrgyz) Ásia(Portuguese) Aziya(Russian) Asien(Swedish) Aziya(Ukrainian) Given Name DescendantsAsia(English) Asia(Italian) Same SpellingÁsiaUser SubmissionAsía Categories cardinal points