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Encyclopedia > Asian

Asian may refer to:

    • Asian people - The people from Asia.
    • Culture of Asia - The culture of the people from Asia
    • Asian cuisine - food based on the style of food of the people from Asia
    • Asian race - one of the five races defined by the Office of Management and Budget of the United States government

Asian people[1] is a demonym for people from Asia. ... The culture of Asia is the artificial aggregate of the cultural heritage of many nationalities, societies, religions, and ethnic groups in the region, traditionally called a continent from a Western-centric perspective, of Asia. ... Asian cuisine is a term for the various cuisines of South, East and Southeast Asia and for fusion dishes based on combining them. ... Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ...

See also

The term the Orient - literally meaning sunrise, east - is traditionally used to refer to Near, Middle, and Far Eastern countries. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

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