South Asia

English Pronunciation en /ˌsaʊθ ˈeɪʒə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-South Asia.wav Southern England Proper noun thumb|South Asian countries South Asia en Q771405en geographic region cont/Asia comprising all the countries of the Indian subcontinent (principally India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan) and the Indian Ocean (principally Sri Lanka, Maldives). en 2 October 2026 Mamoon Durani Flora Drury Children are dying falling into abandoned Afghan wells - this is how one five-year-old was rescued BBC News People falling into abandoned wells is not uncommon in South Asia. Between 2009 and 2023, more than 40 children were reported to have fallen down borewells in India. 4 October 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20261003230422/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-d6bbd286-0e31-406e-852b-53f6c7ee0767 Usage notes Afghanistan, Myanmar and even Iran are sometimes included in this group, but not typically. Synonyms Southern Asia Holonyms Asia, Eurasia, Afro-Eurasia, World Coordinate terms Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia, Southeast Asia, West Asia Derived terms South Asian Translations all the countries of the Indian subcontinent (principally India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan) and the Indian Ocean (principally Sri Lanka, Maldives) Albanian: sq Azi Jugore f, sq Azia Jugore f definite Amharic: am ደቡብ እስያ Arabic: ar جَنُوب آسِيَا m Armenian: hy Հարավային Ասիա Azerbaijani: az Cənubi Asiya Bashkir: ba Көньяҡ Азия Belarusian: be Паўднё́вая А́зія f Bengali: bn দক্ষিণ এশিয়া Bulgarian: bg Ю́жна А́зия f Burmese: my တောင်အာရှ Catalan: ca Àsia Meridional f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 南亞 Mandarin: cmn 南亞 Southern Min: nan-hbl 南亞 Lâm-A Czech: cs Jižní Asie f Danish: da Sydasien n Dutch: nl Zuid-Azië n Estonian: et Lõuna-Aasia Finnish: fi Etelä-Aasia French: fr Asie du Sud f Galician: gl Asia do Sur Georgian: ka სამხრეთი აზია German: de Südasien n Greek: el Νότια Ασία f Gujarati: gu દક્ષિણ એશિયા Hebrew: he דְּרוֹם אַסְיָה f drom ásya Hindi: hi दक्षिण एशिया m Hungarian: hu Dél-Ázsia Icelandic: is Suður-Asía f Indonesian: id Asia Selatan Italian: it Asia meridionale f, it Asia del Sud f Japanese: ja 南アジア みなみアジア, Minami Ajia, ja 南亜 なんあ, Nan'a Kazakh: kk Оңтүстік Азия Khmer: km អាស៊ីទក្សិណ Korean: ko ^남(南)아시아, ko ^남아(南亞) obsolete Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Asyaya Başûr Kyrgyz: ky Түштүк Азия Lao: lo ອາຊີໃຕ້ Latvian: lv Dienvidāzija f Lithuanian: lt Pietų Azija f Macedonian: mk Јужна Азија f Malay: ms Asia Selatan Marathi: mr दक्षिण आशिया n Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Өмнөд Ази Navajo: nv Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikédaayah Nepali: ne दक्षिण एशिया n Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Sør-Asia n Pashto: ps سويلي آسيا f soeli āsyā, ps سويلي اېشيا f soeli ešyā Persian: Dari: prs آسِیَایِ جَنُوبِی Iranian Persian: fa-ira آسِیایِ جُنوبی Polish: pl Azja Południowa f Portuguese: pt Ásia do Sul f, pt Ásia Meridional f Romanian: ro Asia de Sud f Russian: ru Ю́жная А́зия f Sanskrit: sa दक्षिण एशिया n Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Јужна Азија f Latin: sh Južna Azija f Sinhalese: si දකුණු ආසියාව Slovak: sk Južná Ázia f Slovene: sl Južna Azija f Spanish: es Asia del Sur f Swahili: sw Asia ya Kusini Swedish: sv Sydasien n Tagalog: tl Timog Asya Tajik: tg Осиёи Ҷанубӣ Tamil: ta தெற்கு ஆசியா, ta தென்னாசியா Tatar: tt Көньяк Азия Telugu: te దక్షిణ ఆసియా Thai: th เอเชียใต้ Tibetan: bo ཤར་གླིང་ལྷོ་རྒྱུད Turkish: tr Güney Asya Turkmen: tk Günorta Aziýa Ukrainian: uk Півде́нна А́зія f Urdu: ur جُنُوبی ایشِیا m, ur جَنُوبی ایشِیا m Uyghur: ug جەنۇبىي ئاسىيا Uzbek: uz Janubiy Osiyo Vietnamese: vi Nam Á (vi 南亞) Yiddish: yi דרום אַזיע f dorem azye