Asia
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English
Proper noun
- A continent located east of Europe, west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean. It contains the following countries:
Central Asia
together with parts of:
East Asia
- Japan
- Korea
- Mongolia
- People's Republic of China: Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau
- Republic of China on Taiwan
Southeast Asia
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- East Timor
- Indonesia
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Myanmar (Burma)
- The Philippines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Vietnam
South Asia
- India
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- Sri Lanka
- Nepal
- Bhutan
- Maldives
- Often Afghanistan is also included.
Middle East
- Turkey
- Cyprus
- Syria
- Lebanon
- Iraq
- Iran
- Israel
- Jordan
- Egypt
- Saudi Arabia
- Kuwait
- Yemen
- Oman
- Bahrain
- Qatar
- The United Arab Emirates
Translations
- Basque: Asia
- Catalan: Àsia f
- Chinese: 亞洲, 亚洲 (Yàzhōu)
- Dutch: Azië n
- Finnish: Aasia
- French: Asie f
- German: Asien n
- Hebrew: אסיה n
- Polish: Azja f
- Portuguese: Ásia f
- Romanica: Asia f
- Russian: Азия f
- Spanish: Asia
- Swedish: Asien
- Vietnamese: Châu Á (州亞)
Finnish
Noun
asia
