Asia

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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)
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Meaning & History

Perhaps derived from Akkadian asu, meaning "east". This is the name of the world's largest continent.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesAziya(Bulgarian) Asien(Danish) Aasia(Finnish) Asie(French) Asien(German) Aziya(Kazakh) Ásia(Portuguese) Aziya(Russian) Asien(Swedish) Aziya(Ukrainian)
Given Name DescendantsAsia(English) Asia(Italian)
Same SpellingÁsia
User SubmissionAsía

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