Asiatic
pronunciation
How to pronounce Asiatic in British English:
UK [ˌeɪʃiˈætɪk]
How to pronounce Asiatic in American English:
US [ˌeʒiˈætɪk, -ʃi-, -zi-]
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- Noun:
- a native or inhabitant of Asia
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture
Word Origin
- Asiatic (adj.)
- 1630s, from Latin Asiaticus (surname of Latin Corn. Scipio), from Greek Asiatikos, from Asia (see Asia; also compare Asian). As a noun, by 1763. In ancient Rome, Asiatici oratores was florid and overly ornate prose.
Example
- 1. Gradually , asiatic russians are getting to know their neighbours better .
- 2. A graduate of the naval academy , he had spent five years with the asiatic fleet .
- 3. It also contains asiatic black bears , egrets and , according to some , an extremely rare subspecies of the siberian tiger .
- 4. Marx believed that capitalism 's advance would not be halted by " asiatic " modes of economic activity that he regarded as backward .
- 5. For the purposes of the asiatic society 's publications and researches , he had to employ a number of sanscrit pandits to do the mechanical work for him .