Noun

Singular Asian

Plural Asians

Asian (plural Asians)

1. A person from Asia.
2. (British), (British Africa), A person who originates from the Indian subcontinent, sometimes including East and Southeast Asia.
3. (US), (Australia), (Canada), A person who originates from the Indian subcontinent, East and Southeast Asia, sometimes excluding the Indian Subcontinent.
4. A domestic cat breed, see Wikipedia

Synonyms

• (person from Asia):
• (person from the Indian subcontinent): Indian (loosely)
• (person from the Indian subcontinent): Pakistani (loosely)
• (person from the Indian subcontinent): Bangladeshi (loosely)
• (person from east Asia): Oriental, East Asian

Asian or Asiatic may refer to:

• Something or someone from Asia.
• In context with the Ancient Egyptians, Asiatic is used to mean - beyond the borders of Egypt and the continent of Africa to the east, but only of western Asia (what might be considered Middle Eastern now)
• Asian people - the people of the continent of Asia
• Culture of Asia - the culture of the people from the continent of Asia
• Asian cuisine - food based on the style of food of the people from the Asian continent.
• Asian race - one of the five races defined by the Office of Management and Budget of the United States government (Race and ethnicity in the United States Census)
• Osians (also Asiani), a historic Central Asian ethnic group mentioned in Roman-era writings

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