Ásia
Northern Sami
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈaːsiːa/
 
Portuguese
    
    Alternative forms
    
- Asia (obsolete)
 
Etymology
    
Borrowed from Latin Āsia (“Asia Minor; Asia”), from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía, “Asia Minor; Asia”), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 (a-si-wi-ja), of uncertain origin, possibly from Akkadian or Hittite.
Pronunciation
    
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.zi.ɐ/ [ˈa.zɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈa.zjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.zi.a/ [ˈa.zɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ˈa.zja/
 
 
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈa.zjɐ/
 
- Hyphenation: Á‧si‧a
 
Proper noun
    
Ásia f
- Asia (a continent east of Europe and north of Oceania)
 - (historical, Ancient Rome) Asia (a province of the Roman Empire; modern western Turkey)
 
Related terms
    
- Ásia Maior
 - Ásia Menor
 - asiano
 - asiático
 - ásio
 - Australásia
 - Eurásia
 
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