Asya
[ˈɑːs.jə]Meaning
diminutive of Anastasiya or Aleksandra; Turkish for "Asia (continent)"
Background Story
Asya is a diminutive of Anastasiya or Aleksandra, and is used in Ancient Greek, Belarusian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French and Georgian. In Turkish it means "Asia (continent)", and it is used in English and Italian in that sense. It was borrowed into English from the Russian Ася, an informal pet form of Анастасия.
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