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# asiatic

adjective (Asiatic)

«asiatic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. From Asia, used mostly in the names of animals and plants, such as the Asiatic lion or the Asiatic black bear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asiatic/#m1)
2. (old-fashioned, can offend) Of people: Asian. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asiatic/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons «Asiatic» appears in names of animals, like the Asiatic lion that lives in India. For people, today we say «Asian»; «Asiatic» about people is old-fashioned and many find it offensive. Phrases: «Asiatic lion», «Asiatic black bear», «Asiatic cheetah».

### Examples

- The Asiatic lion lives only in one forest in India. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asiatic/#x1)
- The Asiatic black bear has a white V on its chest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asiatic/#x2)
- Asiatic cheetahs are very rare. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asiatic/#x3)
- Asiatic lions are a little smaller than African lions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asiatic/#x4)
- Old books sometimes call people «Asiatic», but we say «Asian» now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asiatic/#x5)

### Note

Capital A. Use «Asian» for people. The word survives mainly in species names.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «asiatic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asiatic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«asiatic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/asiatic.html) on Mova free.