Noun
Asian -
a native or inhabitant of Asia
Asiatic
dweller ,
habitant ,
inhabitant ,
denizen ,
indweller a person who inhabits a particular place
person of color ,
person of colour (formal) any non-European non-white person
coolie ,
cooly (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer
oriental ,
oriental person a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)
indian a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
eurasian a person of mixed European and Asian descent
afghanistani ,
afghan a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl
altaic a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe
armenian a writing system having an alphabet of 38 letters in which the Armenian language is written
bangladeshi a native or inhabitant of Bangladesh
bengali a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal
bhutanese ,
bhutani a native or inhabitant of Bhutan
burmese the official language of Burma
byzantine a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
cambodian ,
kampuchean a native or inhabitant of Cambodia
chinese any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
east indian a native or inhabitant of the East Indies
malayan ,
malay a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
hindoo ,
hindu ,
hindustani a person who adheres to Hinduism
hmong ,
miao a language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong
indonesian the dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia
irani ,
iranian ,
persian a native or inhabitant of Iran; "the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims"
iraki ,
iraqi a native or inhabitant of Iraq; "the majority of Iraqi are Arab Shiite Muslims although Sunni Muslims control the government"
israelite a native or inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Israel
israeli a native or inhabitant of Israel
nipponese ,
japanese the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese
jordanian a native or inhabitant of Jordan
korean the Altaic language spoken by Koreans
kurd a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state
kuwaiti a native or inhabitant of Kuwait
laotian ,
lao the Tai language of a Buddhist people living in the area of the Mekong River in Thailand and Laos
lebanese a native or inhabitant of Lebanon
malaysian the Malay language spoken in Malaysia
maldivan ,
maldivian a native or inhabitant of Maldives
nepalese ,
nepali a native or inhabitant of Nepal
pakistani a native or inhabitant of Pakistan
parthian the Iranian language spoken in the Parthian kingdom (250 BC to AD 226)
singhalese ,
sinhalese the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka
sherpa a member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers
syrian a native or inhabitant of Syria
taiwanese a native or inhabitant of Taiwan
tadzhik ,
tajik an ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China
tai ,
thai ,
siamese the most widespread and best known of the Kadai family of languages
tibetan Himalayish language spoken in Tibet
turki a subfamily of Altaic languages
kazakhstani a native or inhabitant of Kazakhstan
annamese ,
vietnamese the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam
singaporean an inhabitant of Singapore
sri lankan a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka
dardan ,
dardanian ,
trojan a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful; "the contents of a trojan can be a virus or a worm" ; "when he downloaded the free game it turned out to be a trojan horse"
iberian a native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times)
mongoloid a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense)
Adjective
Asian -
of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture; "Asian countries"
Asiatic
