Asian
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Asian refers to an inhabitant of Asia, or someone of Asian descent.
In the Americas, the term refers almost exclusively to those from the Asia pacific region, such as China, Japan, South Korea or Vietnam.
In the United Kingdom and many other Commonwealth countries, the term refers more frequently to those from the Indian subcontinent.
In Australia, people from the Indian subcontinent are generally differentiated from East and Southeast Asians because of their different ethnicity. In particular Indians and Sri Lankans will refer to people from the Asia pacific region as Asians, without using the term for themselves, but is mainly used by people to refer to those from the Asia pacific region, such as China, Japan, South Korea or Vietnam.[citation needed].
Asian or Asiatic may also 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, or what may now be considered Middle Eastern.
- Asian people - the people from or 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 peoples
- Uralic peoples east of the Urals
- the Ainu people
- East Asians, including:
- Southeast Asians, including:
- South Asians, includes:
- Central Asians including
- Western Asians, including:
- North Asians, includes people west of the Urals and the Ural river, north of East and Central Asia. Includes:
- Culture of Asia - the culture of the people from the Asia.
- Asian cuisine - food based on the style of food of the people from Asia
- Mongoloid race - one of the five races defined by the Office of Management and Budget of the United States government
- Asii (also Asiani), a historic Central Asian ethnic group mentioned in Roman-era writings
- Asian option, a type of option contract in finance
- Asiatic style, a term in ancient stylistic criticism associated with Greek writers of Asia Minor
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