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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)
  • Asii (also Asiani), a historic Central Asian ethnic group mentioned in Roman-era writings

See also