Asiaとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English Asia, Asie, from Old French Asie and Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (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. Possibly a doublet of Assuwa.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.ʒə/, /ˈeɪ.ʃə/
• (Indian English) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.ʃja/, /ˈeɪ.ʃja/
• 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 mythology) 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. An ancient province of the Roman Empire, in modern western Turkey.

同意語

• (continent) Chinkland (pejorative)
• (Roman province) Phrygia, Roman Asia

上位語

• (continent): See Eurasia, Afro-Eurasia, Earth

下位語

• See Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, 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 (North America, South America), Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Oceania ^{(Category: en:Continents)}

アナグラム

• AIAs, IaaS, Saia, aias

Latin

語源

From Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Asíā).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.si.a/, [ˈäːs̠iä] or IPA^(key): /ˈa.si.a/, [ˈäs̠iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.si.a/, [ˈäːs̬iä]

固有名詞

Ā̆sia f sg (genitive Ā̆siae); first declension

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

語形変化

First-declension noun.

関連する語

• āsiānus
• āsiāticus
• āsius

派生した語

• → Middle English: Asia, Asie (also via Old French)
  • English: Asia
• Old French: Asie
  • French: Asie

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