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Asia minor

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  1. 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.

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

Etymology

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

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