西アジア

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西
にし
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 西 (nishi, “west”) +‎ アジア (Ajia, “Asia”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟iɕi a̠ʑia̠]

Proper noun

西(にし)アジア • (Nishi Ajia) 

  1. West Asia (the westernmost geographic region of Asia, which includes Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Sinai Peninsula, and Transcaucasia)
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