Asian people

"Asians" redirects here. For a nomadic Central Asian people of antiquity, see Asii.
For the individual peoples of Asia, see Ethnic groups in Asia. For demographic data, see Demography of Asia.

Asian people[1] (or Asians, sometimes referred to as Asiatic people)[2] are the people of the continent of Asia. The term may also refer to their descendants.[3]

  1. ^ "Asian M-w.com Archived December 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine." Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary.
  2. ^ United States National Library of Medicine. Medical Subject Headings. 2004. November 17, 2006.Nlm.nih.gov Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine: Asian Continental Ancestry Group is also used for categorical purposes.
  3. ^ "Definition of ASIAN". www.merriam-webster.com. December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.