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Asia Minor

American

noun

a peninsula in W Asia between the Black and Mediterranean seas, including most of Asiatic Turkey.

Asia Minor British

noun

the historical name for Anatolia

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Asia Minor Cultural

Peninsula in western Asia consisting of the Asian part of Turkey.

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He ultimately found a new job for the band, helping Sparta prosecute a campaign against the Persians in Asia Minor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

“The first ‘renaissance’ of European history,” Mr. Roeck observes, “was the Second Sophistic, which began in Asia Minor and lasted from about 60 to 230 AD.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

Baron said that back in the sixth century BCE, there was a war that had been going on in Asia Minor for six years.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2024

The tension was exacerbated by the arrival, after 1922, of ethnic Greeks fleeing Asia Minor following Greece’s defeat in a three-year war with Turkey.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2023

He sent word for his troops to retreat to Asia Minor.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

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