Noun

Asian (plural Asians)

1. A person from Asia.
2. (UK), (British Africa), A person who originates from the Indian subcontinent, sometimes including East and Southeast Asia.
3. (US, Australian, Canadian), A person who originates from the Indian subcontinent, East and Southeast Asia, sometimes excluding the Indian Subcontinent.
4. A domestic cat breed similar to the Burmese.
5. A cat of this breed.

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

Adjective

Asian

1. Of, relating to or from Asia.

Asian

Asian may refer to:

• 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 East now)
• Asian people - the people of the continent of Asia
  • North Asians, includes people west of the Urals and the Ural river, north of East and Central Asia. Includes Yakuts, Tungusic people, Uralic peoples east of the Urals and the Ainu, fallowed by minorities. See: Ethnic Minorities in Russa.
  • East Asians, including Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans often called Asians in the United States.
  • Southeast Asians, including Vietnamese, Filipinos, and Cambodians. Some of these are also included in the American usage of the term "Asian."
  • South Asians, often called Asians in the United Kingdom (includes the Indian Subcontinent)
  • Central Asians Including Uzbeks,Karakalpaks,Tajiks,Hazaras,Kyrgyz,Uyghurs,Kazakhs,Pashtuns and minoritie ethnic groups in those regions.
  • Western Asians, including Arabs, Turkish people, the Caucasus, Kurds and people from the country Iran and sometimes people from Afghanistan. Often reffered to as "middle eastern people".
• 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)
• Asii (also Asiani), a historic Central Asian ethnic group mentioned in Roman-era writings