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east asian

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables
east- asian
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to East Asia.

noun

A person from East Asia.

Etymology

From East Asia + -an.

Inflected Forms

East Asians (plural)

Phrases

East Asian forest partridge East Asian arrowroot (Pueraria, esp. Pueraria montana var. lobata

Frequently Paired Words

Central Asian South Asian Southeast Asian West Asian

Synonyms

Oriental Asian Sinesian Sinaean Sinaic Eastern Asian

Questions

What does east asian mean?
Of, from, or pertaining to East Asia.
Where does east asian come from?
From East Asia + -an.

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