Asiatic
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Asiatic /ˌeɪʃɪˈatɪk, ˌeɪzɪ-/
▶adjective relating to or deriving from Asia.
usage: Asiatic can be offensive when referring to individual people: use Asian instead. However, Asiatic is standard in scientific and technical use.
'Asiatic' also found in these Oxford entries:
Afro-
- Afro-Asiatic
- Austro-
- Austro-Asiatic
- Berber
- Chadic
- Cushitic
- Egyptian
- Hamito-Semitic
- Hun
- Mon-Khmer
- Omotic
- sandal
- sandarac
- Semitic
