Asia Minor

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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.

   Synonyms: Anatolia, Lesser Asia, Turkey

Translations

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

• Albanian: Azi e Vogël f, Azia e Vogël f (definite)
• Arabic: آسِيَا الصُّغْرَى (ʔāsiyā ṣ-ṣuḡrā)
• Armenian: Փոքր Ասիա (Pʻokʻr Asia)
• Azerbaijani: Kiçik Asiya
• Belarusian: Мала́я А́зія f (Malája Ázija)
• Bengali: এশিয়া মাইনর (eśiẏa mainor)
• Bulgarian: Ма́ла А́зия f (Mála Ázija)
• Catalan: Àsia Menor f
• Chechen: Жима Ази (Žima Azi)
• Chinese:

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

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

• Czech: Malá Asie (cs) f
• Danish: Lilleasien n
• Dutch: Klein-Azië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Malgrand-Azio, Malgrandazio
• Estonian: Väike-Aasia
• 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: אַסְיָה הַקְּטַנָּה f (ásya haktaná)
• Hindi: रूम (hi) m (rūm) (historical), अनातोलिया m (anātoliyā), एशिया माइनर m (eśiyā māinar)
• Hungarian: Kis-Ázsia (hu)
• Icelandic: Litla-Asía f
• Ido: Avan-Azia (io)
• Indonesian: Asia Kecil
• Irish: An Áise Bheag f
• Italian: Asia Minore f
• Japanese: 小アジア (ja) (しょうアジア, Shō-Ajia)
• Kazakh: Кіші Азия (Kışı Aziä)
• Korean: 소아시아 (Soasia)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Asya Biçûk

• Kyrgyz: Кичи Азия (Kici Aziya)
• Lao: ອາຊີນ້ອຍ (ʼā sī nǭi)
• Latvian: Mazāzija f
• Lithuanian: Mažoji Azija f
• Macedonian: Мала Азија f (Mala Azija)
• Malay: Asia Kecil
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Бага Ази (Baga Azi)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Lilleasia n

  Nynorsk: Vesleasia n

• Persian: آسیای خرد (âsiyâ-ye xord), آسیای صغیر (âsiyâ-ye sağir), آسیای کوچک (âsiyâ-ye kučak)
• Polish: Azja Mniejsza (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ásia Menor f
• Romanian: Asia Mică f
• Russian: Ма́лая А́зия (ru) f (Málaja Ázija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ма̑ла̄ А̑зија f

  Roman: Mȃlā Ȃzija (sh) f

• Slovak: Malá Ázia f
• Slovene: Mala Azija (sl) f
• Spanish: Asia Menor (es) f
• Swedish: Mindre Asien n
• Tagalog: Asya Menor
• Tajik: Осиёи Хурд (Osiyo-yi Xurd)
• Tatar: Кече Азия (Keçe Aziyä)
• Thai: เอเชียน้อย (ee-chiia-nɔ́ɔi)
• Turkish: Küçük Asya (tr) (obsolete)
• Turkmen: Kiçi Aziýa
• Ukrainian: Мала́ А́зія f (Malá Ázija)
• Urdu: ایشیائے کوچک m (eśiyā-ye kūcak)
• Uzbek: Kichik Osiyo
• Vietnamese: Tiểu Á (小亞)
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Asya Qıce

Anatolia — see Anatolia

Latin

Etymology

From Asia + minor

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.si.a ˈmi.nor/, [ˈäs̠iä ˈmɪnɔr]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.si.a ˈmi.nor/, [ˈäːs̬iä ˈmiːnor]

Proper noun

Asia Minōris (genitive Asiae Minōris)

1. Asia Minor