Asya

(İngilizce)

  1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
  2. (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)
  3. a female given name

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Etimoloji (İngilizce)

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آسیا (asiya), from Classical Persian آسیا (āsiyā), from Arabic آسِيَا (ʔāsiyā), from Ancient Greek Ἀσῐ́ᾱ (Asĭ́ā), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 (a-si-wi-ja /⁠aswijaː⁠/), in turn probably from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 (Aššuwa, “northwest Anatolia”) of uncertain origin.

Related words

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