late 14c., "inhabitant of Asia (Minor)," from Latin Asianus (adjective and noun, "belonging to the province of Asia;" "an inhabitant of Asia"), from Greek Asianos, from A [..]

azyatish

(n) a native or inhabitant of Asia(adj) of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture

Strictly, this label applies to anyone originating from the Asian continent. In practice, this term is used in the United Kingdom to mean people with ancestry in the Indian subcontinent. In the United States, the term has broader meaning, but is mostly used to denote people of far Eastern origins, for example, Chinese, Japanese, and Filipinos. More [..]

Self-identification among people of Asian descent.

A person descended from any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Ph [..]

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.

===Noun=== ====person who lives in or originates from Asia==== =====Synonyms===== Asian Asiatic Oriental Afghani Asian Indian Bangladeshi Bengali Bhutanese Bruneian Burmese Cambodian Chinese East As [..]