Asian

asian asían English + people Etymology From en la āsiānus. en Asia -an. The modern North American and Australasian usage, referring to East and Southeast Asians collectively, seems to be a shortened form of "Asian American", a term whose origins activists and academics trace back to 1968 and University of California, Berkeley (UCLA) students Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee, who, inspired by the Black Power Movement and the protests against the Vietnam War, founded the "Asian American Political Alliance" as a way to unite Japanese, Chinese, and Filipino American students on campus. It replaced the term "Mongoloid", but still continued the racial grouping of "Mongoloid". The usage in Britain and some of its former colonies such as South Africa, Kenya and Uganda, stems from South Asians historically forming the bulk of immigrants from the continent of Asia to these places. In the rest of the Anglosphere, the word "Asian" is sometimes, albeit less frequently, used to refer to South Asians and Central Asians, but rarely (if ever) to Near Easterners. Pronunciation en /ˈeɪʒən/ /ˈeɪʃən/ RP,GA,CA en /ˈæɪʒən/ /ˈæɪʃən/ AU,NZ en EN-AU ck1 Asian.ogg AU en eɪʃən eɪʒən 2 Noun A person from the continent of Asia, or a descendant thereof - especially: en US Canada Australia NZ A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia, occasionally South Asia. en https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/is-the-boba-liberal-really-a-race-traitor w:MEL Magazine Is the ‘Boba Liberal’ Really a Race Traitor? Hate crimes and attacks on Asians have captured the local news and the national attention since 2020, producing a stream of content that showed innocent people being attacked and belittled in never-ending variations on the same violent theme. 2022-02-17 Eddie Kim https://web.archive.org/web/20220602153802/https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/is-the-boba-liberal-really-a-race-traitor en Britain South Africa Kenya Uganda A person from or with ancestry in South Asia. en 12 August 1972 w:Idi Amin Dada https://books.google.com/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&redir_esc=y&hl=nl&id=dOJRAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22decree+revoking+with+effect+from+that+date%22&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=bangla+desh Government printer Entebbe, Uganda Speeches by His Excellency the President General Idi Amin Dada, Message to the Nation on 12th/13th August, 1972, Address to Disrict Representatives, 29th August, 1972, Mid-night Address to the Nation, 17th December, 1972 We call upon you to be ready to take over from the non-citizens who are leaving the country. As you are aware, I, on Wednesday the 9th August, 1972, signed a Decree revoking with effect from that date, all entry permits and certificates of residence which had been granted to British citizens of Asian origin and the nationals of India, Pakistan and Bangla Desh. They were, however, permitted to stay in Uganda for a period of 90 days from that day [...] en 1981 152 w:Pierre van den Berghe https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Ethnic_Phenomenon/ElDEEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=nearly+all+indian+men+learned+to+speak+english&pg=PA152&printsec=frontcover The Ethnic Phenomenon It is not true that Asians were inadaptable in East Africa. Nearly all Indian men learned to speak English, and, by the second generation, both sexes had become fluently Anglophone, while continuing to use their native tongue (mostly Gujarati, Cutchi, Punjabi or Hindustani). Most Indians also learned the upland Swahili pidgin which is the trade language of East Africa; while few spoke the “correct” coastal Swahili, their fluency in “kitchen Swahili” was often superior to that of the Europeans. The more rural Indian shopkeepers did indeed become somewhat Africanized, while the urban Indian became more Anglicized. en If radio and television programmes are anything to go by, Asians in Britain get up early on a Sunday. Movie Mahal: Indian cinema on ITV Channel 4 Popular Music 1987 May Paul Oliver 215 10.1017/S0261143000002774 en 2013 w: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. A domestic cat of a breed similar to the Burmese. Usage notes The American usage of "Asian" (East, Southeast, sometimes South Asian) is internationally used outside of English (e.g. in Turkish, German, Swedish, Korean, French, etc.). Synonyms See Thesaurus:Asian (person from Asia): Oriental, en Asiatic (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) Translations person from Asia Afrikaans: af Asiaat Arabic: ar آسِيَوِيّ m, ar آسِيَوِيَّة f Armenian: hy ասիացի Azerbaijani: az asiyalı Belarusian: be азія́т m, be азія́тка f Bikol: Central Bikol: bcl Asyano Breton: br Aziad m, br Aziadez f Bulgarian: bg азиа́тец m, bg азиа́тка f Burmese: my အာရှတိုက်သူ Catalan: ca asiàtic m, ca asiàtica f Chinese: Mandarin: in a general sense cmn 亞洲人, of Asian ethnicity cmn 亞裔 Czech: cs Asijec m, cs Asijka f Danish: da asiat c Dutch: nl Aziaat m, nl Aziatische f Esperanto: eo aziano Estonian: et aasialane Finnish: fi aasialainen French: fr Asiatique m f Galician: gl asiático m, gl asiática f Georgian: ka აზიელი German: de Asiate m, de Asiat m, de Asiatin f female Greek: el Ασιάτης m, el Ασιάτισσα f Hawaiian: haw ʻĀkia Hindi: hi एशियाई m f Hungarian: hu ázsiai Ingush: inh азхо Inupiaq: ik Inupiaŋuaq Irish: ga Áiseach m Italian: it asiatico m, it asiatica f Japanese: ja アジア人 アジアじん, ajiajin Kashubian: csb Azjata m, csb Azjatka f Kazakh: kk азиялық Korean: ko 동양인(東洋人), ko 아시아인 Kyrgyz: ky азиялык Lao: lo ຄົນອາຊີ Latvian: lv aziāts m, lv aziāte f Lithuanian: lt azijietis m, lt azijietė f Macedonian: mk Азиец m, mk Азијка f Marathi: mr आशियाई Norwegian: Bokmål: nb asiat m Persian: Dari: prs آسِیَایِی, prs آسِیَائِی Iranian Persian: fa-ira آسِیایی, fa-ira آسِیائی Polish: pl Azjata m, pl Azjatka f Portuguese: pt asiático m, pt asiática f Romanian: ro asiatic m, ro asiatică f Russian: ru азиа́т m, ru азиа́тка f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ази́јац m, sh А̑зӣјка f Latin: sh Azíjac m, sh Ȃzījka f Sicilian: scn siàticu m, scn siàtica f Slovak: sk Ázijec m, sk Ázijka f Slovene: sl aziat m, sl azijka f Spanish: es asiático m, es asiática f, es asiano m desus. Swedish: sv asiat c Tagalog: tl Asyano Tajik: tg осиёӣ Telugu: te ఆసియను Thai: th คนเอเชีย kon ee-chiia Turkish: tr Asyalı Ukrainian: uk азі́єць m, uk азі́йка f, uk азіа́т m, uk азіа́тка f Urdu: ur ایشِیائی m f Uzbek: uz osiyolik Vietnamese: vi người châu Á, vi người Á châu dated Volapük: vo Siyopan person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent Hindu Indian Afrikaans: af Asiër Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 南亞裔 nányàyì Dutch: nl Aziaat m, nl Azische f, nl Indiër m, nl Indische f Finnish: fi intialainen French: fr asiatique m f Hindi: hi एशियाई m f Hungarian: hu ázsiai, hu indiai, hu dél-ázsiai Italian: it asiatico m, it asiatica f Japanese: ja 南アジア人 みなみアジアじん, minami ajiajin Korean: ko 남아시아인 Polish: pl Hindus m, pl Hinduska f Portuguese: pt asiático m, pt asiática f Serbo-Croatian: Latin: sh Azíjac m, sh Ȃzījka f Sicilian: scn siàticu m, scn siàtica f Swedish: sv indier c person from or descended from people from east Asia Oriental East Asian Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 東亞裔 dōngyàyì Dutch: nl Aziaat m, nl Azische f, nl Oost-Aziaat m, nl Oost-Azische f Finnish: fi itäaasialainen French: fr asiatique Hebrew: he אסיאתי m asyáti Hindi: hi एशियाई m f Hungarian: hu ázsiai, hu távol-keleti, hu kelet-ázsiai Japanese: ja 東アジア人 ひがしアジアじん, higashi ajiajin Korean: ko 동양인(東洋人), ko 동아시아인 Polish: pl Azjata m, pl Azjatka f Portuguese: pt asiático m, pt asiática f Serbo-Croatian: Latin: sh Azíjac m, sh Ȃzījka f Sicilian: scn siàticu m, scn siàtica f Swedish: sv asiat c Vietnamese: vi người Á Đông Adjective Of, relating to or from Asia. en https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32957610 w:BBC 2015-06-04 Rupert Wingfield-Hayes The beauty contest winner making Japan look at itself There are white, black, Asian and Chinese Britons, just as there are any number of different sorts of Americans. https://web.archive.org/web/20200522224956/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32957610 en Jessie Yeung These Asian countries are giving dual citizens an ultimatum on nationality – and loyalty w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/asia-dual-citizenship-intl-hnk-dst 2021-03-15 And some Asian countries are tightening their immigration laws. Japan reinforced its strict stance in January when a court upheld the country’s ban against dual citizenship, rejecting a lawsuit filed by Japanese citizens living in Europe. https://web.archive.org/web/20220319121121/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/asia-dual-citizenship-intl-hnk-dst/ Synonyms en Asiatic Derived terms en unsorted Asian green bee-eater jungle Asian Southwest Asian Southwestern Asian Asian-Latina Asian-Latino Asian-Latinx North Asian Asian barbet Asian lady beetle Asian tapir Asian dogwood Euro-Asian Asian blue quail Asianism Brasian Eurasiafrican MRAsian Asianic Asian hornet Asian Sarmatia Asian Tiger Asian broadbill Asianist Asian Australian Asian Russia Asianize, Asianization (Asianisation) Asianness (Asianess) azn Asian barred owlet Asian emerald dove Asian cobra Asian water monitor en Blends Afrasian Amerasian Blasian Cablinasian Eurasian (Europasian) gaysian Hispasian Whasian en Expressions: animal species n Asian badger Asian unicorn Asian arowana Asian desert sparrow Asian bearcat Asian black bear Asian black rat Asian brown flycatcher Asian carp Asian clam Asian common toad Asian corn borer Asian desert warbler Asian elephant Asian giant hornet Asian koel Asian lion Asian palm civet Asian pear Asian Semi-longhair Asian house shrew Asian wild horse Asian swamp eel Asian wild dog Asian blue crab Asian box turtle Asian emerald cuckoo Asian golden cat Asian jumping worm en Expressions: other terms n Asian baby girl Asian conical hat Asian dust Asian flu (contagion, influenza) Asian flush Asian Games Asian glow Asian Indian Asian kale Asian influenza Asian six-pack Asian songbird crisis Asian pumpkin Asian squat Asian utility vehicle Asian don't raisin Asian fever Asian black birch Related terms en Asiatic → Asiatically Asiaphobe,Asiaphobia,Asiaphobic en Expressions from compound words with “Asia” Asian-Pacific British Asian Central Asian East Asian Indo-Asian (Indoasian) Pan-Asian South Asian Southeast Asian West Asian Western Asian Translations of, relating to or from Asia Albanian: sq aziatik Arabic: ar آسِيَوِيّ Armenian: hy ասիական Azerbaijani: az asiyalı Belarusian: be азія́цкі Bengali: bn এশিয়ান Bulgarian: bg азиа́тски Burmese: my အာရှ Catalan: ca asiàtic Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 亞洲 亞洲的 Yàzhōu de, Yǎzhōu de Cornish: kw asiek Czech: cs asijský Danish: da asiatisk Dutch: nl Aziatisch Estonian: et aasia Finnish: fi aasialainen French: fr asiatique Galician: gl asiático Georgian: ka აზიური German: de asiatisch Greek: el ασιατικός, el ασιάτικος Ancient Greek: grc Ἀσιατικός Hawaiian: haw ʻĀkia Hebrew: he אַסְיָתִי asyáti Hindi: hi एशियाई Hungarian: hu ázsiai Icelandic: is asískur Irish: ga Áiseach Italian: it asiatico Japanese: ja アジア アジアの, Ajia no アジアの Kashubian: csb azjacczi, csb azjatny Kazakh: kk азиялық Khmer: km អាស៊ី Korean: ko 아시아 아시아-의 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr asyayî Kyrgyz: ky азиялык Lao: lo ອາຊີ Latvian: lv Āzijas, lv aziāšu, lv aziātisks Lithuanian: lt Azijos, lt azijiečių Macedonian: mk азиски Malay: ms Asia Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn азийн, mn ази Norwegian: Bokmål: nb asiatisk Nynorsk: nn asiatisk Pashto: ps آسیايي āsyāyí Persian: Dari: prs آسِیَایِی, prs آسِیَائِی Iranian Persian: fa-ira آسِیایی, fa-ira آسِیائی Polish: pl azjatycki Portuguese: pt asiático Romanian: ro asiatic Russian: ru азиа́тский Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh а̑зӣјскӣ Latin: sh ȃzījskī Slovak: sk ázijský Slovene: sl azijski Spanish: es asiático, es asiano Swedish: sv asiatisk Tagalog: tl Asyahin Tajik: tg осиёӣ Telugu: te ఆసియను Thai: th เอเชีย Turkish: tr asyalı Turkmen: tk aziýaly Ukrainian: uk азі́йський, uk азіа́тський Urdu: ur ایشِیائی Uyghur: ug ئاسىيالىق Uzbek: uz osiyolik Vietnamese: vi châu Á, vi Á châu dated Volapük: vo Siyopik Yiddish: yi אַזיאַטיש Zhuang: za Yacouh Anagrams en aains Ansai IANAS naais en autohyponyms en Domestic cats