noun, adjective
noun a person from Asia, or whose family originally came from Asia:
British Asians
HELPNOTE In BrE Asian is used especially to refer to people from India or Pakistan. In AmE it is used especially to refer to people from the Far East.
adjective of or connected with Asia:
Asian music
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for Asian is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does Asian appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — Asian appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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