Central Asia

English

Three sets of possible boundaries for Central Asia.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Central Asia

1. A landlocked area of continental Asia comprising Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. In the USSR and the modern Russia, the area is called Middle Asia (Средняя Азия).
2. A larger area also including Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tibet, western China, Afghanistan and parts of Siberia, Iran and Pakistan.

Meronyms

• countries of Central Asia: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Holonyms

• Asia

Coordinate terms

• East Asia
• North Asia
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• West Asia

Derived terms

• Central Asian

Translations

smaller area of Central Asia

• Afrikaans: Sentraal-Asië
• Albanian: Azia Qendrore f, Azi Qendrore f (indefinite)
• Amharic: መካከለኛ እስያ (mäkakäläña ʾəsya)
• Arabic: آسِيَا الْوُسْطَى f (ʔāsiyā l-wusṭā)
• Armenian: Կենտրոնական Ասիա (hy) (Kentronakan Asia), Միջին Ասիա (Miǰin Asia)
• Azerbaijani: Mərkəzi Asiya
• Bashkir: Урта Азия (Urta Aziya)
• Belarusian: Сярэ́дняя А́зія f (Sjarédnjaja Ázija)
• Bengali: মধ্য এশিয়া (moddho eśiẏa)
• Bulgarian: Сре́дна А́зия f (Srédna Ázija), Центра́лна А́зия f (Centrálna Ázija)
• Burmese: အလယ်အာရှ (a.laiahra.)
• Catalan: Àsia Central f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 中亞／中亚 (zung¹ aa³)

  Mandarin: 中亞／中亚 (zh) (Zhōngyà, Zhōngyǎ)

• Czech: Střední Asie (cs) f
• Danish: Centralasien n
• Dutch: Centraal-Azië (nl) n
• Estonian: Kesk-Aasia
• Faroese: Miðásia n
• Finnish: Keski-Aasia (fi)
• French: Asie centrale (fr) f
• Georgian: ცენტრალური აზია (cenṭraluri azia)
• German: Zentralasien (de) n, Mittelasien (de) n
• Greek: Κεντρική Ασία (el) f (Kentrikí Asía)
• Hebrew: מרכז אסיה f (merkáz ásya)
• Hindi: मध्य एशिया m (madhya eśiyā)
• Hungarian: Közép-Ázsia (hu)
• Icelandic: Mið-Asía (is) f
• Indonesian: Asia Tengah
• Italian: Asia centrale f
• Japanese: 中央アジア (ja) (ちゅうおうアジア, Chūō Ajia)
• Kannada: ಮಧ್ಯ ಏಶಿಯಾ (madhya ēśiyā)
• Kazakh: Орталық Азия (Ortalyq Aziä), Орта Азия (kk) (Orta Aziä)
• Khmer: អាស៊ីកណ្ដាល (ʼaazii kɑndaal)
• Korean: 중앙아시아 (ko) (Jung'ang'asia)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Asyaya Navendî

• Kyrgyz: Орто Азия (Orto Aziya)
• Lao: ອາຊີກາງ (ʼā sī kāng)
• Latvian: Centrālāzija f
• Lithuanian: Vidurinė Azija f
• Macedonian: Средна Азија f (Sredna Azija)
• Malay: Asia Tengah (ms)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Төв Ази (mn) (Töv Azi)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Sentral-Asia n

• Pashto: منځنۍ آسيا f (manjanǝy āsyā)
• Persian: آسیای میانه (âsiyâ-ye miyâne)
• Polish: Azja Środkowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ásia Central f
• Romanian: Asia Centrală f
• Russian: Сре́дняя А́зия (ru) f (Srédnjaja Ázija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Цѐнтра̄лна̄ А̑зија f, Средња Азија f, Средишња Азија f

  Roman: Cèntrālnā Ȃzija (sh) f, Srednja Azija f, Središnja Azija f

• Sinhalese: මධ්‍යම ආසියාව (madhyama āsiyāwa)
• Slovak: Stredná Ázia f
• Slovene: Srednja Azija f
• Spanish: Asia Central f
• Swahili: Asia ya Kati
• Swedish: Centralasien (sv) n
• Tagalog: Gitnang Asya (tl)
• Tajik: Осиёи Миёна (Osiyoyi Miyona)
• Tamil: நடு ஆசியா (naṭu āciyā)
• Tatar: Үзәк Азия (Üzäk Aziyä), Урта Азия (Urta Aziyä)
• Thai: เอเชียกลาง (ee-chiia-glaang)
• Tibetan: ཤར་གླིང་དབུས་མ (shar gling dbus ma)
• Turkish: Orta Asya (tr)
• Turkmen: Merkezi Aziýa
• Ukrainian: Сере́дня А́зія f (Serédnja Ázija)
• Urdu: وسط ایشیا m (vasat eśiyā)
• Uyghur: ئوتتۇرا ئاسىيا (ottura asiya)
• Uzbek: Markaziy Osiyo
• Vietnamese: Trung Á (vi)

larger area of Central Asia

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中亞／中亚 (zh) (Zhōngyà, Zhōngyǎ)

• Finnish: Keski-Aasia (fi)
• Japanese: 中央アジア (ja) (Chūō-Ajia)
• Russian: Центра́льная А́зия (ru) f (Centrálʹnaja Ázija)
• Spanish: Asia Central f
• Swedish: Centralasien (sv) n
• Turkish: Orta Asya (tr)