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 the city of New York
• 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

• Ayesha (disambiguation)