Asiaとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Ancient Greek Ἀσῐ́ᾱ (Asíā), from Mycenaean Greek �������� (a-si-wi-ja /aswijaː/), in turn probably from Hittite ������ (aš-šu-wa /Aššuwa/, “northwest Anatolia”) of uncertain origin. Potentially from a Aegean language family substrate or Akkadian; for more see its ancestors.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪʒə/, /ˈeɪʃə/
• 韻: -eɪʒə, -eɪʃə

固有名詞

Asia

2. A continent located east of Europe (typically delimited by the Urals), west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean.
3. (Greek God) A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan, Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
4. (astronomy) 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.
5. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage.
   • 1994 Blake Nelson, Girl: A Novel, Simon&Schuster, →ISBN, page 81

     And Scott Haskell started going out with this sophomore girl called Asia, who was this rich girl from Weston Heights.

6. (historical) A province of the Roman Empire located in what is now western Turkey.

下位語

• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

関連する語

参考

• (continents) continent; Africa, America, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America ^{(Category: en:Continents)}

アナグラム

• AIAs, IaaS, Saia, aias

Latin

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.si.a/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.si.a/, [ˈaː.zi.a]

固有名詞

Āsia f sg (genitive Āsiae); first declension

1. Asia (a continent)
2. Asia (Roman province)

語形変化

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

関連する語

• āsiānus
• āsiāticus
• āsius

派生した語

• English: Asia

参照

• Asia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Asia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette