Asian

From Latin āsiānus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪʒən/, /ˈeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən, -eɪʒən

Asian (plural Asians)

1. A person from Asia.
2. A person with Asian ancestry.
   1. (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia.
   2. (Britain, Ireland, South Africa) A person from or with ancestry in the Indian subcontinent.
      • 2013, Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala:

        Were there Taliban beheading people? I didn't tell my parents, but I flinched if an Asian-looking man came close.

3. A domestic cat of a breed similar to the Burmese.

• See Thesaurus:Asian
• (person from Asia): Oriental
• (person from east Asia): East Asian, Oriental, Oriental Asian, Chinese (loosely)
• (person from the Indian subcontinent): South Asian, Desi, Asian Indian, East Indian, Indian (loosely), Pakistani (loosely)

Asian (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to or from Asia.

   white, black, Asian and Chinese Britons

• Asian contagion
• Asian flu
• Asian flush
• Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
• Asianness

• IANAS, naais