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单词 asian american
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Asian Americanadj.n.

Brit. /ˌeɪʒn əˈmɛrᵻk(ə)n/, /ˌeɪʃn əˈmɛrᵻk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌeɪʒən əˈmɛr(ə)k(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Asian adj., American adj.
Etymology: < Asian adj. + American adj.
A. adj.
1. Of, relating to, or involving both Asia and the Americas (sometimes spec. the United States of America).
ΚΠ
1881 H. Hartshorne 1931: Glance at 20th Cent. 23 Behring's Strait will, in a few months, be crossed by the Asian-American cable.
1927 Illustr. London News 15 Jan. 87 (heading) The elephant in Maya art: proofs of Asian-American contact.
1950 Austin (Minnesota) Daily Herald 12 Oct. 13/3 (heading) Asian-American route may predate Columbus 3492 years.
2014 Pacific Hist. Rev. 83 164 A ‘mutual gaze’ that counters the unidirectional binaries of power often applied to Asian American relations.
2. Designating Americans of Asian (chiefly East Asian or South-east Asian) descent; of or relating to Americans of such descent.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [adjective] > by country of origin
African1722
American1761
Low Dutch1774
Pennsylvania Dutch1792
Anglo-American1797
Irish-American1820
Africo-American1825
American African1826
Afro-American1831
Polish-American1850
Chinese-American1854
Italian–American1854
Russo-American1878
African American1885
Senegambian1911
Afrikan1929
Mexican-American1948
Asian American1950
Amerasian1965
Chicano1966
Anglo1968
Tejano1978
1950 Doylestown (Pa.) Intelligencer 10 July 5/1 Jackie is the latest comer to a nearby family-home for children of Asian-American blood.
1952 P. S. Buck Let. 11 May in T. F. Harris Pearl S. Buck (1971) III. 65 The success of Welcome Home proved that children of Asian-American parentage could be successfully placed for adoption.
1978 Washington Post 24 Dec. h1 The Asian-American community..has swelled with the arrival of Vietnamese immigrants.
1992 Mother Jones Sept. 21/2 Not that teaching her about her Asian-American self has become any easier. My wife has been more conscious than I've been about telling Sam that she's Japanese.
2020 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 23 Dec. Asian-American filmmakers on Wednesday expressed dismay that South Korean drama ‘Minari’ will compete for honors at next year's Golden Globes in the foreign language category, rather than the more high-profile best drama field.
B. n.
An American of Asian (chiefly East Asian or South-east Asian) descent.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > by country of origin
American1648
African1700
High Dutch1773
Low Dutch1773
German-American1775
African American1782
Anglo-American1785
Irish-American1786
Africo-American1788
American African1826
Pennsylvania German1827
Pennsylvania Dutch1831
Afro-American1833
far-downer1834
Mexicano1847
knickerbocker1848
Chinese-American1854
Italian–American1873
Polish-American1876
Polacker1883
roundhead1895
hunk1896
Polack1898
Senegambian1900
bohunk1903
honky1904
hunyak1911
Turk1914
boho1920
Anglo1923
Euro-American1925
turkey1932
narrowback1933
nisei1934
roundheader1934
pachuco1943
pocho1944
Latino1946
Chicano1947
Mexican-American1948
Asian American1952
Amerasian1957
Chicana1966
Afrikan1972
Hispanic1972
1952 Lititz (Pa.) Record-Express 1 May 1/7 (headline) Rev. and Mrs. Henry Shissler adopt two Asian-Americans.
1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 5 Feb. b2 He welcomed fellow Asian Americans whose forebears had come from China, Japan, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Samoa, Hawaii and the Philippines.
1993 This Mag. Aug. 35/2 Today in New York, Asian-Americans are mobilizing against the increase in anti-Asian xenophobia and violence.
2020 Irish Independent (Nexis) 12 Dec. 30 Ms Harris..will become the first woman, first black person and first Asian American to serve in the nation's second-highest office.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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