South Asian
/ˌsaʊθ ˈeɪʒən/
South Asian adjective: of, or relating to South Asia.
Adjective
South Asian (not comparable)
- Of, or relating to South Asia.
- Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic recovery following the South Asian nation's worst financial crisis in decades.2024 September 22, Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly, “Sri Lankans elect Marxist-leaning Dissanayake as president to fix economy”, in Reuters
Noun
South Asian (plural South Asians)
- A native or inhabitant of South Asia.
- Synonyms:
- Southern Asian
South Asian meaning in Hindi and Urdu
South Asian in Hindi
- relating to South Asia
- दक्षिण एशियाई dakṣiṇ eśiyāī
- native or inhabitant of South Asia
- दक्षिण एशियाई dakṣiṇ eśiyāī
South Asian in Urdu
- South Asian
- جنوبی ایشیائی janūbī eśiyāī
Synonyms of South Asian
Forms of South Asian
| plural | South Asians |
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Questions about South Asian
- What does South Asian mean?
- South Asian means of, or relating to South Asia.
- What is South Asian in Hindi?
- South Asian in Hindi is दक्षिण एशियाई (dakṣiṇ eśiyāī). See South Asian meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is South Asian?
- South Asian can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce South Asian?
- South Asian is pronounced /ˌsaʊθ ˈeɪʒən/.
Words near South Asian in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: South Asian (page history and authors); جنوبی ایشیائی (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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