アジア

Japanese

Etymology
Katakana アジア
Kanji 亜細亜
Note 亜細亜 – ateji

From Chinese 亞細亞, in turn from Latin Asia. Pronunciation was probably influenced by Dutch Azië.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

アジア (rōmaji Ajia)

  1. Asia

Derived terms
Derived terms

See also

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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