South Asia

English

Proper noun

South Asia

1. All the countries of the Indian subcontinent (principally India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan) and the Indian Ocean (principally Sri Lanka, Maldives)

Usage notes

• Afghanistan, Myanmar and even Iran are sometimes included in this group

Synonyms

• Southern Asia

Holonyms

• Asia, Eurasia, Afro-Eurasia, World

Coordinate terms

• Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia, Southeast Asia, West Asia

Derived terms

• South Asian

Translations

all the countries of the Indian subcontinent (principally India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan) and the Indian Ocean (principally Sri Lanka, Maldives)

• Albanian: Azi Jugore f, Azia Jugore f (definite)
• Amharic: ደቡብ እስያ (däbub ʾəsya)
• Arabic: جَنُوب آسِيَا m (janūb ʔāsiyā)
• Armenian: Հարավային Ասիա (Haravayin Asia)
• Azerbaijani: Cənubi Asiya
• Bashkir: Көньяҡ Азия (Könʹyaq Aziya)
• Belarusian: Паўднё́вая А́зія f (Paŭdnjóvaja Ázija)
• Bengali: দক্ষিণ এশিয়া (bn) (dokkhin eśiẏa)
• Bulgarian: Ю́жна А́зия f (Júžna Ázija)
• Burmese: တောင်အာရှ (taung-ahra.)
• Catalan: Àsia Meridional f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 南亞／南亚 (naam⁴ aa³)

  Mandarin: 南亞／南亚 (zh) (Nányà)

  Southern Min: 南亞／南亚 (Lâm-A)

• Czech: Jižní Asie f
• Danish: Sydasien n
• Dutch: Zuid-Azië n
• Estonian: Lõuna-Aasia
• Finnish: Etelä-Aasia (fi)
• French: Asie du Sud (fr) f
• Galician: Asia do Sur
• Georgian: სამხრეთი აზია (samxreti azia)
• German: Südasien (de) n
• Greek: Νότια Ασία f (Nótia Asía)
• Gujarati: દક્ષિણ એશિયા (dakṣiṇ eśiyā)
• Hebrew: דְּרוֹם אַסְיָה f (drom ásya)
• Hindi: दक्षिण एशिया (hi) m (dakṣiṇ eśiyā)
• Hungarian: Dél-Ázsia (hu)
• Icelandic: Suður-Asía (is) f
• Indonesian: Asia Selatan
• Italian: Asia meridionale f, Asia del Sud f
• Japanese: 南アジア (ja) (みなみアジア, Minami Ajia), 南亜 (なんあ, Nan'a)
• Kazakh: Оңтүстік Азия (kk) (Oñtüstık Aziä)
• Khmer: អាស៊ីទក្សិណ (km) (ʼaazii tĕəksən)
• Korean: 남(南)아시아 (Namasia), 남아(南亞) (ko) (Nama) (obsolete)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Asyaya Başûr

• Kyrgyz: Түштүк Азия (Tüştük Aziya)
• Lao: ອາຊີໃຕ້ (ʼā sī tai)
• Latvian: Dienvidāzija f
• Lithuanian: Pietų Azija f
• Macedonian: Јужна Азија f (Južna Azija)
• Malay: Asia Selatan (ms)
• Marathi: दक्षिण एशिया n (dakṣiṇ eśiyā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Өмнөд Ази (Ömnöd Azi)

• Navajo: Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikédaayah
• Nepali: दक्षिण एशिया (ne) n (dakṣiṇ eśiyā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Sør-Asia n

• Pashto: سويلي آسيا f (soeli āsyā), سويلي اېشيا f (soeli ešyā)
• Persian:

  Dari: آسِیَایِ جَنُوبِی (āsiyā-yi janūbī)

  Iranian Persian: آسِیایِ جُنوبی (âsiyâ-ye jonubi)

• Polish: Azja Południowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ásia do Sul f, Ásia Meridional f
• Romanian: Asia de Sud f
• Russian: Ю́жная А́зия (ru) f (Júžnaja Ázija)
• Sanskrit: दक्षिण एशिया n (dakṣiṇa eśiyā)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јужна Азија f

  Roman: Južna Azija f

• Sinhalese: දකුණු ආසියාව (si) (dakuṇu āsiyāwa)
• Slovak: Južná Ázia f
• Slovene: Južna Azija f
• Spanish: Asia del Sur f
• Swahili: Asia ya Kusini
• Swedish: Sydasien n
• Tagalog: Timog Asya (tl)
• Tajik: Осиёи Ҷанубӣ (Osiyo-yi Janubi)
• Tamil: தெற்கு ஆசியா (teṟku āciyā)
• Tatar: Көньяк Азия (Kön’yak Aziyä)
• Telugu: దక్షిణ ఆసియా (dakṣiṇa āsiyā)
• Thai: เอเชียใต้ (th) (ee-chiia-dtâai)
• Tibetan: ཤར་གླིང་ལྷོ་རྒྱུད (shar gling lho rgyud)
• Turkish: Güney Asya (tr)
• Turkmen: Günorta Aziýa
• Ukrainian: Півде́нна А́зія f (Pivdénna Ázija)
• Urdu: جُنُوبی ایشِیا m (junūbī eśiyā), جَنُوبی ایشِیا m (janūbī eśiyā)
• Uyghur: جەنۇبىي ئاسىيا (jenubiy asiya)
• Uzbek: Janubiy Osiyo
• Vietnamese: Nam Á (vi) (南亞)
• Yiddish: דרום אַזיע f (dorem azye)