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Old English · proper noun

Asia

Part of speech
proper noun

Meaning

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)

    Asia is befangen mid...þǣm gārseċġe sūþan ⁊ norþan ⁊ eastan...

    Asia is surrounded by...the southern and northern and eastern sea...

    late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

  2. Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

Etymology

From Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā), from Mycenaean Greek (a-si-wi-ja /⁠aswijaː⁠/), in turn probably from Hittite (aš-šu-wa /⁠Aššuwa⁠/, “northwest Anatolia”) of uncertain origin.

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