Asian Americans Resources

Acronyms

AAPI
Asian American and Pacific Islander

API
Asian and Pacific Islander

APA
Asian Pacific American

NHPI
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander

AANHPI
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander

APIDA
Asian Pacific Islander Desi American

Desi
Descent from the Indian Subcontinent

SWANA
Southwest Asia and North African

Identities

Central Asian
Afghan, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgians, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek

East Asian
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Okinawan, Taiwanese, Tibetan

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander
(in the United States Jurisdictions & Territories) Carolinian, Chamorro, Chuukese, Fijian, Guamanian, Hawaiian, Kosraean, Marshallese, Native Hawaiian, Niuean, Palauan, Pohnpeian, Samoan, Tokelauan, Tongan, Yapese

Southeast Asian
Bruneian, Burmese, Cambodian, Filipino, Hmong, Indonesian, Laotian, Malaysian, Mien, Papua New Guinean, Singaporean, Timorese, Thai, Vietnamese

South Asian
Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Indian, Maldivians, Nepali, Pakistani, Sri Lankan

West Asian
This is a contested term: most people from the region do not self-identify as such. West Asia is typically referred to as the Middle East and geographically includes the countries of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey (straddles Europe and Asia) United Arab Emirates and Yemen