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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - Ἀσία
Ἀσία
G773
Transliteration: Asía
Pronunciation: as-ee'-ah
Definition: Asia
- Original: Ἀσία - Transliteration: Asia - Phonetic: as-ee'-ah
- Definition: Asia = "orient"
1. Asia proper or proconsular Asia embracing Mysia, Lydia, Phrygia, and Caria, corresponding closely to Turkey today
- Origin: of uncertain derivation - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Location - Strong's: Of uncertain derivation; Asia that is Asia Minor or (usually) only its western shore: - Asia.