English > Asia Minor: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey. |
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| Synonym | Anatolia |
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| Instance of | peninsula | A large mass of land projecting into a body of water |
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| Part of | Asia | The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population |
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| Parts | Aeolis, Aeolia | An ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC |
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| Bithynia | An ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in what is now Turkey |
| Cappadocia | An ancient country is eastern Asia Minor |
| Ephesus | An ancient Greek city on the western shore of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey |
| Galatia | An ancient country in central Asia Minor |
| Ionia | region of western Asia Minor colonized by ancient Greeks |
| Lycia | An ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor |
| Lydia | An ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor |
| Phrygia | An ancient country in western and central Asia Minor |
| Pontus | An ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea |
| Troy, Ilion, Ilium | An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War |
| Turkey, Republic of Turkey | A Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans |
| Region of | Granicus, Battle of Granicus River | The battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians (334 BC) |
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| Ipsus, battle of Ipsus | A battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC) |
| Issus, battle of Issus | A battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III |
| malik | The leader of a town or community in some parts of Asia Minor and the Indian subcontinent |
| Spanish | Anatolia, Anatólia, Asia Menor |
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| Catalan | Anatòlia, Àsia Menor, Asia Minor |
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