Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Asian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Asian \A"sian\, a. [L. Asianus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, L. Asia.]
Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic. ``Asian princes.'' --Jer.
Taylor. -- n. An Asiatic.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Asian
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples
of Asia or their languages or culture; "Asian
countries" [syn: {Asian}, {Asiatic}]
2: denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region
including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far
as the Philippines and Borneo and Java; "Oriental
politeness"; "for people of South and East Asian ancestry
the term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'"; "Asian
ancestry" [syn: {Asian}, {oriental}]
n : a native or inhabitant of Asia [syn: {Asian}, {Asiatic}]
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