Azja
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 (a-si-wi-ja /aswijaː/), probably from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 (aš-šu-wa /Aššuwa/) of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.zja/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -azja
- Syllabification: A‧zja
Proper noun
Azja f (related adjective azjatycki, demonym Azjata, female demonym Azjatka)
- Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
- Hyponym: Azja Zachodnia
- (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Azja |
| genitive | Azji |
| dative | Azji |
| accusative | Azję |
| instrumental | Azją |
| locative | Azji |
| vocative | Azjo |
Derived terms
adjective
- wewnątrzazjatycki
nouns
- Azja Południowa
- azjarcha
- azjatyckość
See also
continents: kontynentyedit
Further reading
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- pl:Provinces of the Roman Empire
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