asia minor
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1. a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey (noun.location)
instance hypernym | : | peninsula, |
definition | : | a large mass of land projecting into a body of water (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | bithynia, |
definition | : | an ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; was absorbed into the Roman Empire by the end of the 1st century BC (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | cappadocia, |
definition | : | an ancient country is eastern Asia Minor (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | galatia, |
definition | : | an ancient country in central Asia Minor (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | phrygia, |
definition | : | an ancient country in western and central Asia Minor (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | pontus, |
definition | : | an ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | aeolia, aeolis, |
definition | : | an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | lycia, |
definition | : | an ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | lydia, |
definition | : | an ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the Persians in 546 BC (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | ephesus, |
definition | : | an ancient Greek city on the western shore of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the Temple of Artemis; was a major trading center and played an important role in early Christianity (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | ilion, ilium, troy, |
definition | : | an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | republic of turkey, turkey, |
definition | : | a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923 (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | ionia, |
definition | : | region of western Asia Minor colonized by ancient Greeks (noun.location) |
part meronym | : | asia, |
definition | : | the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations (noun.object) |
domain member region | : | battle of granicus river, granicus, |
definition | : | the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians (334 BC) (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | battle of ipsus, ipsus, |
definition | : | a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC); Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | battle of issus, issus, |
definition | : | a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | malik, |
definition | : | the leader of a town or community in some parts of Asia Minor and the Indian subcontinent (noun.person) |
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