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Defines Asian language words and phrases beginning with `Ya.' Includes Yangzi, the longest river in China; Yantra as a Sanskrit instrument; Yao as a tribe of mountain-dwelling people in China and Southeast Asia; Yap Thiam Hien as an Indonesian lawyer of Chinese descent known for defending human rights; Yasukuni-jinja as a shrine in Tokyo, Japan dedicated to Japanese who have died in war since 1853.

Provides information on the etymology, usage and meaning of some of the words in the Asian language.

Presents information on the etymology of some words and language in Asia.

Explains several Asian words. Varanasi; Varuna; Vassa; Vedas.

Presents definitions of various Asian-language terms beginning with `Ul.' Includes ulama; Ulan Bator; Umayya; Scope of the Hamito-Semitic languages.

Presents the definitions of various terms taken from Asian languages. Includes tycoon; Typhoon; Ube.

Defines various terms and phrases in Asian languages starting with the letters Tu. Includes `turo-turo'; `Tuyul'; `Twice-born.'

Presents examples of Asian words beginning with `Ts'. `Tsampa'; `Tsinoy'; `Tsongkhapa'; `Tsunami'; `Tuladaan'; `Tulsi'; `Tuol Sleng'.

Presents a collection of Asian terminologies and their definition. Terms include Trang, transmigrasi, triad, trishul, Trivandrum, tropics, Truong Vinh Ky.

Presents Asian words and phrases starting with the letter To. Includes totok; Towers of Silence; Towkay.

Presents several Asian words that begins with the syllable `to.' Includes toofan; Topi; Topknot; Tora-san; Torah; Toraja; Torana.

Defines several Asian terminologies. Includes tola; Tom yam; Tong; Tongchuang yimeng; Tongzhi; Tongyi; Tongmun sodap.

Presents definitions of terms beginning with the letter `t' taken mostly from Asian languages. Includes `tobashi' and `tofu' from Japanese; Profiles on various famous people; Includes Tojo Hideki, Japan's wartime prime minister.

Defines several Asian words. Tea; Technocrat; Terno.

Focuses on the several Asian words which start on Ta. Takraw; Tandoori; Tanka; Tapsilog; Meaning of the words.

Presents information on the usage, etymology and meaning of certain words in the Asian language. Swat; Swayambhunath; Swidden; Swiftlet.

Provides information on the a selection of words which forms the Asian language. Indepth look at the language.

Defines several Asian words beginning with `ob.' Japanese `obatarian' for pushy or outspoken middle-aged women; Japanese `obi' for broad silk or satin sash; `Octroi' for taxes on goods entering Indian towns; `Old boy network' for any closed system of privileges accessible only to people with a shared background or interests.

Presents definitions of various terms beginning with the letter `n' taken from Asian languages. Includes Nguyen; Nichiren; Nihombashi; Nihon/Nippon; Nikko; Ninja; Nirvana; Richard Nixon.

Presents the definition of Asian terms starting with the syllable `na.' Includes the Nipponggo term `natto;' English word `nautch;' German term `Nazi Party.'

Defines several Asian languages starting with letters Na. Includes Nanjing Massacre; Narita Airport; Nanjing; Nasakom; Nanyang; Nation state.

Defines several Asian languages starting with letters Na. Includes Nagasaki; Nagoya; Nagatacho; Nahdlatul Ulama.

Presents terms used in and relevant to the Asian language. Mustaphah Harun; My Lai; Origin of Myanmar; South Korea's Myongdong neighborhood.

Presents Asian words and phrases starting with the syllable `mo.' Includes monsoon; Moon Sun Myung; Moribana; Morita Akio.

Presents terms used Asian languages starting with the letter M. Includes Motown; Muay Thai; Muharram; Mujin keiyakuki.

Defines terms that begin with the prefix `Mi' in various Asian languages. Includes Minamoto no Yorimoto; Mindanao; Ming; Ming Pao; Mirch-masala; Mishima Yikio; Misogi; Mitsubishi.

Presents Asian words beginning with the letter `m.' Mekong; Mercedes-Benz; Merdeka; Mertua; Michiko, Empress; Midway; Mikado; Mikuk; Minamata.

Defines terms from Asian languages beginning with the syllable `ma.' Includes Matsushita Konosuke; Matsya; Somerset Maugham; May 4 Movement; McMahon Line; Medan; Meiji; Meishi.

Presents words relevant to Asian languages. Includes marijuana; Marunouchi business district; Maruyu savings accounts in Japan; Princess Masako.

Presents words relevant to Asian languages. Includes the Manyoshu anthology of Japanese poems; Mao Zedong; Maori.

Defines terms from Asian languages beginning with the syllable `ma.' Includes mandate of heaven; Manga; Mango; Manifest destiny; Manila; Manipur; Man's fate; Mansion; Manu.

Defines terms from Asian languages beginning with `ma' and features proper nouns which begin with the same syllable. Includes Malaysia; Maldives; Adam Malik; Managed trade; Manchu; `The Manchurian Candidate'; Manchurian Incident; Mandalay, Burma; Mandarin.

Defines terms from Asian languages beginning with `ma' and profiles personalities whose names begin with the same syllable. Mahathir Mohamad; Mahatma; Mahjong; Mai pen rai; Maidan; `Mainichi Shimbun' newspaper; Malabar; Strait of Malacca; Malaria; Sanskrit language.

Presents terms and names in the Asian language beginning with the letters Ma. Includes Madhya Pradesh; Madras; Ferdinand Magellan; Ramon Magsaysay.

Defines terms from Asian languages beginning with `l' and profiles personalities whose surnames begin with the same letter. Includes lip; Lockheed scandal; Long March; Longyi; Lotus sutra; Luang Prabang; Liu Shaoqi; Lon Nol; Luang Poh Koon Parisutto; Luang Prabang; Mochtar Lubis.

Presents a glossary of terms used in Asian languages. Includes Lin Shu; Lin Yutang; Line boys; Linglong; Lingam; Linkage.

Presents several Asian language starting with letters le together with their meanings. Includes lesya meaning light; Leprosy; Leviathan Levi's; Level playing field; Levitation.

Defines various terms from Asian languages beginning with `Le' and profiles various personalities whose surnames begin with the same syllable. Includes Lehar-Pepsi; Lei Feng ing shen; Lei Gong; Leishmaniasis; Lekhpal; Curtis LeMay; Vladimir Ilyich Lenin; John Lennon; Leopard cat; Characteristics of Paleo-Siberian languages.

Defines terms from Asian languages beginning with `La' and profiles personalities whose names start with the same syllable. Includes the `La Solidaridad' newspaper; Lat, nickname of Malaysia's most famous cartoonist; Lat, Hindi column or pillar; Lawrence of Lucknow; Le Duan; Le Duc Tho.

Deals with Asian languages. Words starting with `La'; Mon-Khmer language family.

Presents a lexicon of significant Asian historical events, places and personalities starting with the letter `ky.' Kyudo as the Japanese Zen Buddhism's non-violent alternative to kyujutsu, a technique of battlefield archery; La, a Tibetan Himalayan high pass; Lady kenny, a Bengali sweet.

Presents various Asian words beginning with the syllable ku. Includes kunyuk; Kuomintnag; Kurma; Kuroda Kiyotaka.

Cites the definitions of several Asian words starting with Ku. Includes kumon; Kumpol kebo; Kumquat; Kun; Kundiman; Kunlun; Kuning; Kunming.

Presents words and phrases used in Asian languages. Includes kula; Kulhi boakibaa; Kumarila.

Presents Asian words and names beginning with the syllable `ku.' Kuching; Kuchipudi; Kucing kurap; Kufa; Kuixing; Kuki; Kukri; Kukrit Pramoj; Kul.

Defines terms from Asian languages and profiles personalities beginning with the letter `k.' Includes Krungthep; Krupuk; Kshatriya; KSP; Ku; Kuala Lumpur; Kubera; Kublai Khan.

Defines terms from Asian languages which begin with the syllable `Ko.' South Korea; Korean Central Intelligence Agency; Korean War; Koryak; Koryo; Kos; Mount Kosciusko; Kosher; Profile of Paleo-Siberian languages.

Presents words taken from the Asian language beginning with `Ko' and their respective definitions. Includes the Japanese word `koshiki sanpai' which literally means `official worship'; Indonesian word `kost' which means a family-operated boarding house; Malay word `kota' which means fortress or city.

Presents several Asian words and names starting with `ko' with their corresponding meanings. Includes kongkong in Malay; Kongkuksu in Korea; Indonesian kongsi; Japanese konnichi-wa; Konoe Fumimaro; Konishi Yukinaga.

Presents several known languages in Asia. Includes Konodo dragon; Kompei Belanda; Kompong Cham.