APISAA

Noun

Asian (plural Asians)

1. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia, occasionally South Asia.
   • Hate crimes and attacks on Asians have captured the local news and the national attention since 2020, producing a stream of content that showed innocent people being attacked and belittled in never-ending variations on the same violent theme.2022 February 17, Eddie Kim, “Is the ‘Boba Liberal’ Really a Race Traitor?”, in MEL Magazine, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2022

   Synonyms:

   East Asian, Oriental, Oriental Asian, Chinese

2. (Kenya, South Africa, UK, Uganda) A person from or with ancestry in South Asia.
   • We call upon you to be ready to take over from the non-citizens who are leaving the country. As you are aware, I, on Wednesday the 9th August, 1972, signed a Decree revoking with effect from that date, all entry permits and certificates of residence which had been granted to British citizens of...1972 August 12, Idi Amin Dada, Speeches by His Excellency the President General Idi Amin Dada, Message to the Nation on 12th/13th August, 1972, Address to Disrict Representatives, 29th August, 1972...
3. A domestic cat of a breed similar to the Burmese.

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