Asia Minor

English

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Etymology

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Proper noun

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.

   Synonym: Anatolia

Translations

peninsula between the Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea

• Arabic: آسِيَا الصُّغْرَى‎ (ʾāsiyā ṣ-ṣuḡrā)
• Armenian: Փոքր Ասիա (Pʿokʿr Asia)
• Azerbaijani: Kiçik Asiya
• Belarusian: Ма́лая А́зія f (Málaja Ázija)
• Bulgarian: Ма́ла А́зия f (Mála Ázija)
• Catalan: Àsia Menor f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 小亞細亞, 小亚细亚 (siu² aa³ sai³ aa³)

  Mandarin: 小亞細亞 (zh), 小亚细亚 (zh) (Xiǎo Yàxìyà)

• Czech: Malá Asie (cs) f
• Danish: Lilleasien c
• Dutch: Klein-Azië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Malgrand-Azio, Malgrandazio
• Finnish: Vähä-Aasia (fi)
• French: Asie mineure (fr) f
• Galician: Asia Menor f
• Georgian: მცირე აზია (mcire azia)
• German: Kleinasien (de) n
• Greek: Μικρά Ασία (el) f (Mikrá Asía)
• Hebrew: אסיה הקטנה‎
• Hindi: रूम (hi) m (rūm) (historical), अनातोलिया (anātoliyā)
• Hungarian: Kis-Ázsia (hu)
• Ido: Avan-Azia (io)

• Irish: An Áise Bheag f
• Japanese: 小アジア (Shō-Ajia)
• Kazakh: Кіші Азия (Kişi Azïya)
• Korean: 소아시아 (Soasia)
• Kyrgyz: Кичи Азия (Kiçi Aziya)
• Macedonian: Ма́ла А́зија f (Mála Ázija)
• Norwegian: Lilleasia
• Persian: آسیای خرد‎ (āsīyāye-xord)
• Polish: Azja Mniejsza (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ásia Menor f
• Romanian: Asia Mică
• Russian: Ма́лая А́зия (ru) f (Málaja Ázija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ма̑ла̄ А̑зија f

  Roman: Mȃlā Ȃzija (sh) f

• Slovak: Malá Ázia f
• Spanish: Asia Menor (es) f
• Swedish: Mindre Asien n
• Turkish: Küçük Asya (tr) (obsolete)
• Ukrainian: Мала́ А́зія f (Malá Ázija)
• Uzbek: Kichik Osiyo
• Vietnamese: Tiểu Á
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Asya Qıce