Asia (disambiguation)
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Asia is a geographical continent containing the central and eastern part of Eurasia.
Asia may also refer to:
Mythology
- Asia (mythology), one of the Oceanids in Greek mythology
- Asia, one of the Nereids in Greek mythology
People
People with the given name Asia
- Asia of Diauehi, a king of the ancient people of the Diauehi in northeastern Anatolia (circa 850–825 BC)
- Asia Alfasi (born 1984), British manga artist
- Asia Argento (born 1975), Italian actress
- Asia Bibi (Asia Noreen), sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy
- Asia Booth (1835–1888), sister of John Wilkes Booth
- Asia Carrera (born 1973), American actress
- Asia Muhammad (born 1991), American tennis player
People with the surname Asia
- Daniel Asia (born 1953), American composer
- Mr Asia, New Zealand drug dealer Marty Johnstone
Places
- Asia (Roman province), part of the Roman Empire occupying the Anatolian peninsula (in modern-day Turkey)
- Asia District, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
- Asia District, Peru, a beach district
- Asia Islands, in Indonesia close to Palau
- Asia Minor, the peninsula containing Asia and several other Roman provinces
Music
- Asia (band), English rock band
- Asia (Asia album), the eponymous first album by the band Asia
- Asia (Boris album)
- Asia Cruise (born 1990), American R&B singer
- Asia Nitollano (born 1988), former member of The Pussycat Dolls
Other uses
- Asia (magazine), an American magazine in the 1920s and 1930s
- Asia, one of The Four Continents sculptures in front of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, in New York City
- Asia Motors, a Korean car manufacturer acquired by Hyundai's Kia Motors unit
- Asia-Pacific, the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean
- Asia, a Polish female name, etymologically akin to Jane
- Asia (Miami), a residential skyscraper
- Asia (ship)
See also
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