亚细亚 (Yà xì yà) — (proper noun) Asia (historical loanword)

Definition

Examples

• 亚细亚是地球上最大的洲。
  Yà xì yà Shì dì qiú shàng zuì dà de zhōu.
  Asia is the largest continent on Earth.
• 亚细亚这个名字最早通过传教士进入中国。
  Yà xì yà Zhè ge míng zì zuì zǎo tōng guò chuán jiào shì jìn rù zhōng guó.
  The name 'Asia' first entered China through missionaries.
• 那家老商店的名字就叫“亚细亚”，听起来很有历史感。
  Nà jiā lǎo shāng diàn de míng zì jiù jiào "Yà xì yà", tīng qǐ lái hěn yǒu lì shǐ gǎn.
  That old store is named 'Asia', which sounds very historical.