Asia Minor

From Latin Asia Minor (“lesser Asia”), distinguishing it from Asia Major (i.e., Asia as a whole).

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Asia Minor

1. A large peninsula, mostly coterminous with Anatolia, between the Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea; it makes up the Asian part of Turkey.

   Synonyms: Anatolia, Lesser Asia

   Holonyms: Turkey, Türkiye, Turkiye < West Asia < Asia < Earth

   Meronym: Central Anatolia

   Near-synonyms: Turkey, Türkiye, Turkiye

From Asia + minor

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.si.a ˈmɪ.nɔr]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.s̬i.a ˈmiː.nor]

Asia Minōris (genitive Asiae Minōris)

1. Asia Minor