Asia; second; used as a prefix to names

DEFINITIONS

亞 yà
  • Asia
  • Asian
  • Taiwan pr. [Ya3]
  • second
  • next to
  • inferior
  • sub-
  • Taiwan pr. [ya3]

WORDS

維多利島 wéi duō lì yà dǎo Victoria Island
維多利州 wéi duō lì yà zhōu Victoria, southeastern Australian state
維多利港 wéi duō lì yà gǎng Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong
維多利湖 wéi duō lì yà hú Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza, Kenya, on the White Nile
維多利瀑布 wéi duō lì yà pù bù Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya on the Zambesi River, between Zambia and Zimbabwe
羅馬尼 luó mǎ ní yà Romania
美屬薩摩 měi shǔ sà mó yà American Samoa
美索不達米 měi suǒ bù dá mǐ yà Mesopotamia
聖地哥 shèng dì yà gē Santiago, capital of Chile; San Diego, California
聖母瑪利 shèng mǔ mǎ lì yà Mary (mother of Jesus)
聖盧西 shèng lú xī yà Saint Lucia
聖盧西島 shèng lú xī yà dǎo Saint Lucia
聖索非 shèng suǒ fēi yà Hagia Sophia (Greek: Holy wisdom)
聖索非大教堂 shèng suǒ fēi yà dà jiào táng Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)
聖露西 shèng lù xī yà Saint Lucia (Tw)
聚酰胺 jù xiān yà àn polyimide
kěn yà Kenya (Tw) (written as 肯尼亞|肯尼亚 in PRC)
肯尼 kěn ní yà Kenya
入歐 tuō yà rù ōu to abandon the old (Asian) ways and learn from Europe; refers to the ideas that led to the Meiji Restoration and Japan's subsequent colonization projects in Asia
自由洲電台 zì yóu yà zhōu diàn tái Radio Free Asia
英屬哥倫比 yīng shǔ gē lún bǐ yà British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada
茅利塔尼 máo lì tǎ ní yà Mauritania (Tw)
茱莉 zhū lì yà Julia (name)
莎士比 shā shì bǐ yà Shakespeare (name); William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
特 fēi yà tè Fiat