WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025A•sian /ˈeɪʒən/USA pronunciation
adj.
- Language Varietiesof or relating to Asia.
n. [countable]
- Language Varietiesa person born or living in Asia.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025A•sian
(ā′zhən, ā′shən),USA pronunciation adj.
- Language Varieties, Anthropologyof, belonging to, or characteristic of Asia or its inhabitants.
n.
- Anthropology, Language Varietiesa native of Asia.
- Greek Asiānós. See Asia, -an
- Latin Asiānus
- 1555–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Asian / ˈeɪʃən ˈeɪʒən/ - of or relating to Asia or to any of its peoples or languages
- of or relating to natives of South Asia or any of their descendants, esp when living in Britain
- a native or inhabitant of Asia or a descendant of one
- a native of South Asia or a descendant of one
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