אַסְיָא, אַסְיָיא, עַסְיָא pr. n. Asia. 1) Asia Minor, or rather the Roman province embracing the Western part of the peninsula of Asia Minor, bequeathed by King Attalus to the Roman republic. Targ. Y. II, Gen. X, 3; I Chr. I, 6 (h. text אשכנז). Y. Kidd. I, 61ᵈ top (twice for קני); Gen. R. s. 44 (once for קני, once for קניזי, some ed. אפייה corr. acc.). Y. Meg. I, 71ᵇ bot. (for אשכנז). Sifré Balak 131 (p. 47ᵇ ed. Friedm.) אביא (corr. acc.); v. Yalk. Num. 771.—B. Mets. 84ᵃ; a. e. —2) name of a town supposed to be Essa, east of the lake of Tiberias (v. Neub. Géogr. p. 38; cmp. Rap. Er. Millin s. v.). Y. Kil. IX, 32ᶜ bot. Sabb. 109ᵃ ע׳ (with hot springs). Yeb. XVI, 4 ע׳; Y. ib. 15ᵈ top א׳; a. fr.