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Where does “Aziýa” come from?

Aziýa (Turkmen) comes from Russian А́зия, from Latin Āsia, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — northwest Anatolia.

Ancestry of “Aziýa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianА́зия—
2LatinĀsia—
3Ancient GreekἈσίαAsia Minor; Asia; Asia
4Mycenaean Greek𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the...
5Hittite𒀸𒋗𒉿northwest Anatolia
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