アジア

Japanese
Alternative spelling
亜細亜 (dated)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Chinese 亞細亞／亚细亚 (yàxìyà), in turn from Latin Asia. Pronunciation was probably influenced by Dutch Azië.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

アジア • (Ajia) 

  1. Asia (a continent)

Derived terms
Derived terms

See also

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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