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单词 south-east asian
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South-east Asianadj.n.

Brit. /ˌsaʊθiːst ˈeɪʒn/, /ˌsaʊθiːst ˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsaʊθˌist ˈeɪʒən/
Forms: 1800s– Southeast Asian, 1900s– South East Asian, 1900s– South-East Asian, 1900s– southeast Asian.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: south-east adj., Asian adj., Asian n.
Etymology: As adjective < south-east adj. + Asian adj., after South-east Asia, a name given to the south-eastern part of Asia. As noun < south-east adj. + Asian n., after South-east Asia.
A. adj.
Of, belonging to, or characteristic of South-east Asia or its peoples; (also) descended from people from South-east Asia.South-east Asia is generally taken to include Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma (Myanmar), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
ΘΚΠ
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
1898 Quincy (Illinois) Jrnl. 30 Apr. It is a new and most unexpected move, this of the United States becoming master of the most important group in Southeast Asian waters.
1967 Times 9 Aug. 4/1 Leaders of five Asian countries today called for collective action to prevent outside interference in the region..after signing the joint declaration setting up the new Association of South-East Asian Nations.
1998 L. A. Berman Speaking through Silence iii. 60 There is no previous body of work on Javanese conversational narratives, or conversational narratives in any other Southeast Asian language that I am familiar with.
2000 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 24 Aug. 19 Cabramatta, the thriving hub of the city's [sc. Sydney's] South-east Asian communities.
2020 Toronto Star (Nexis) 14 Mar. (Travel section) t6 Many of..[the]..dishes nod to Southeast Asian flavours and techniques and showcase produce from local farmers.
B. n.
A native or inhabitant of South-east Asia, or a person of South-east Asian origin or descent.
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1943 Winona (Minnesota) Republican-Herald 30 Mar. 6/2 Out of the struggle must come a more liberal attitude on the part of the West, and the slow but steady emancipation of the millions of southeast Asians.
2020 Daily 49er (Calif. State Univ.) (Nexis) 16 Sept. (Opinions section) 1 The label ‘Asian American’ is too broad to encompass all of the disparate identities of South Asians, East Asians, and South East Asians.

Derivatives

ˌSouth-ˌeast ˈAsianist n. a student of or expert on South-east Asia and its culture or affairs.
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1966 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. Oct. 174 He had sought from a South-east Asianist colleague a more intimate account.
2010 S. Weiss Listening to Earlier Java i. 19 The mixed audience of non-specialist ethnomusicologists, Southeast Asianists, and others for whom this book is written.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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