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Asian

Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic.

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Afghan 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Afghanistan.

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Altaic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia.

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Armenian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Armenia.

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Bengali 76% connected

The language spoken in Bengal.

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Burmese 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Burmah, or its inhabitants.

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Byzantine 76% connected

A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant.

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Chinese 76% connected

Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.

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Coolie 76% connected

Same as Cooly.

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Cooly 76% connected

Alt. of Coolie

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Dardanian 76% connected

Trojan.

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East Indian 76% connected

Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies.

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Eurasian 76% connected

A child of a European parent on the one side and an Asiatic on the other.

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Hindoo 76% connected

Alt. of Hindu

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Hindu 76% connected

A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to follow…

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Hindustani 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language.

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Iberian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Iberia.

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Indian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.

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Iranian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Iran.

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Israelite 76% connected

A descendant of Israel, or Jacob; a Hebrew; a Jew.

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Japanese 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants.

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Kurd 76% connected

A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western Asia belonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies.

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Malay 76% connected

One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.

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Malayan 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country.

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Mongol 76% connected

One of the Mongols.

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Mongolian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols.

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Mongoloid 76% connected

Resembling a Mongol or the Mongols; having race characteristics, such as color, hair, and features, like those of the Mongols.

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Parthian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to ancient Parthia, in Asia.

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Persian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language.

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Siamese 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Siam, its native people, or their language.

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Singhalese 76% connected

Same as Cingalese.

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Syrian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Syria; Syriac.

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Trojan 76% connected

Of or pertaining to ancient Troy or its inhabitants.

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Denizen 76% connected

A dweller; an inhabitant.

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Dweller 76% connected

An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller.

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Habitant 76% connected

An inhabitant; a dweller.

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Indweller 76% connected

An inhabitant.

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Inhabitant 76% connected

One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city,…

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Asiatic 92% connected

Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants.

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