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单词 south asian
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South Asianadj.n.

Brit. /ˌsaʊθ ˈeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌsaʊθ ˈeɪʒ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌsaʊθ ˈeɪʒ(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: south adj., Asian adj.
Etymology: < south adj.+ Asian adj., in sense A. 1 now chiefly after South Asia, the name given to the southern part of Asia, now usually taken to comprise India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, and usually also Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives, and sometimes also Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Tibet, and Iran.
A. adj.
1. Of or relating to South Asia (esp. the area now comprising India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh; see etymology) or its inhabitants.In early use not a fixed collocation.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > South Asia
South Asian1821
Paki1972
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > [adjective] > region of
South Asian1821
Central Asian1840
Ural-Altaic1853
East Asian1860
Uralic1861
Uralo-Altaic1867
South-east Asian1898
1606 R. Knolles tr. J. Bodin Six Bks. Common-weale v. i. 562 Mount Imaus, which diuides Tartarie from South Asia.]
1821 C. Bucke On Beauties, Harmonies, & Sublimities of Nature II. iv. xviii. 220 What the Tartars still continue to do by land, the natives of the islands on the south Asian coasts were accustomed to do by sea.
1880 J. Sibree Great Afr. Island iii. 48 Many of the birds are much more nearly allied to South Asian or Malayan forms than to those of Africa.
1922 B. K. Sarkar Futurism of Young Asia v. 343 The ‘Indian States’ which, numbering over half a thousand, cover, in various degrees of subjection to Great Britain, over a third of the South Asian sub-continent.
1962 R. D. Lambert (title) Resources for South Asian area studies in the United States.
1976 C. P. Masica Defining Ling. Area: S. Asia p. xi The specific problem..is that of the territorial delineation of the South Asian, or ‘Indian’, [sic] linguistic area.
2005 Chile Pepper Oct. 67/1 The Curry Mile, which boasts the highest concentration of South Asian eateries in Europe, will entrance your senses and satisfy your craving for spice.
2. = Australasian adj. Obsolete.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Australasia > [adjective]
Australasian1802
Australasiatic1816
austral1823
South Asian1827
1827 Hobart Town Gaz. 1 Sept. 5/1 On the 1st of October, the South Asian Register, a quarterly work is to be published at Sydney, by Mr. Hill.
1844 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Misc. 2 20 In after-ages, these colonies shall have extended over the five millions of geographical miles, which is about the superficies of New Holland alone, and a magnificent South-Asian empire..shall have developed.
1883 J. Dye Coin Encycl. 291 Australia..forms a principal part of the Australasian (South Asian) division of the globe.
B. n.
A native or inhabitant of South Asia; a person of South Asian descent.
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1854 Local Preachers' Mag. Jan. 37/2 France and England, at whose steps also may be found the luxurious South Asians.
1952 Far Eastern Surv. 21 133/1 Unless the south Asians can take over effective control of their economies they will be unable to achieve the kind of society they profess to seek.
1991 G. Wignaraja in P. Wignaraja et al. Participatory Devel. v. 148 The average South Asian has a life expectancy which varies from 52–71 years depending on the country that person lives in.
2002 Sight & Sound Apr. 72/1 As a South Asian, I find it heartening that Sight and Sound has begun to appreciate that Bollywood cinema has broken through into the UK mainstream.

Derivatives

South ˈAsianist n. a student of or expert on South Asia and its affairs.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [noun] > student or expert on South Asia
South Asianist1969
1969 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 28 893/2 The details of family structure given in 26 studies from throughout the sub-continent will be of interest to South Asianists generally.
1978 Pacific Affairs 51 528 This is a sensitive in-depth study of structural change which should be read by South Asianists.
2005 Victorian Stud. 47 430 Since the 1990s, work produced by..South Asianists has shifted religion to the very center of understandings of British colonialism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1821
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