Asia Minor
Meanings
name
- 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.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin Asia Minor (“lesser Asia”), distinguishing it from Asia Major (i.e., Asia as a whole).
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