Meaning, origin and history of the place name Asia

Type Region

Scripts Ασία(Greek) Ἀσία(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced Pron. /ˈeɪ.ʒə/(English) /ˈa.zja/(Italian) /ˈa.sja/(Spanish) [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

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

Other Languages & CulturesAsiya(Arabic) Asiya(Azerbaijani) Eshiya(Bengali) Azija(Bosnian) Aziya(Bulgarian) Àsia(Catalan) Yaxiya, Yazhou(Chinese) Azija(Croatian) Asie(Czech) Asien(Danish) Aasia(Estonian) Aasia(Finnish) Asie(French) Asien(German) Eshiya(Gujarati) Asiya(Hausa) Asya(Hebrew) Eshiya(Hindi) Asía(Icelandic) Ajia(Japanese) Aziya(Kazakh) Aziya(Kyrgyz) Azija(Lithuanian) Azija(Macedonian) Asiya(Persian) Azja(Polish) Ásia(Portuguese) Aziya(Russian) Azija(Serbian) Azija(Slovene) Asien(Swedish) Asya(Tagalog) Asya(Turkish) Aziya(Ukrainian)

Given Name DescendantsAsia(English) Asia(Italian)

Same SpellingÁsia, Àsia, Asía