Asia Minor
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Asia Minor (“lesser Asia”), distinguishing it from Asia Major (i.e., Asia as a whole).
Pronunciation
editAudio (Mid-Atlantic US): (file)
Proper noun
edit- 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.
Translations
editpeninsula between the Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea
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Anatolia — see Anatolia
Latin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.si.a ˈmɪ.nɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.s̬i.a ˈmiː.nor]
Proper noun
editAsia Minōris (genitive Asiae Minōris)
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