A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam
of or relating to, or characteristics of the continent of Asia according to physical features
denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java; "Oriental politeness"; "for people of South and East Asian ancestry the term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'"; "Asian ancestry"
A person originating from Asia or the Asian Islands; also includes Eskimos and North American Indians
All persons having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Pacific Islands This category would include, for instance: China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Samoa, Indonesia, New Zealand, Australia, and the Indian subcontinent which includes all persons from Afghanistan, Nepal, Burma, India, and Pakistan
individuals with origins from Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Guam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Kampuchea, Kiribati, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Nauru, Philippines, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, Samoa, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, U S Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Vietnam
a native or inhabitant of Asia denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java; "Oriental politeness"; "for people of South and East Asian ancestry the term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'"; "Asian ancestry"
A person having racial origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian sub-continent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, Guam, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam