asia

/EY1 ZH AH0/
noun
  1. 1

    The largest continent, located east of Europe (typically delimited by the Urals), west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean.

  2. 2

    A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage.

  3. 3

    (Greek mythology) A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.

  4. 4

    (Greek mythology) An epithet of Athena.

  5. 5

    (Greek mythology) One of the Nereids.

  6. 6

    (astronomy) 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.

  7. 7

    (historical) An ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD.