| 单词 | lesser asia |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLesser Asia Lesser Asia n. now archaic Asia Minor. [After post-classical Latin Asia minor, denoting the Anatolian peninsula (5th cent.); compare earlier Less Asia and Asia the less (in e.g. quots. eOE and ?a1475 at less adj. 1c). Compare also discussion at Anatolian n. and adj.] ΚΠ 1542 tr. T. Bibliander Godly Consultation Ep. f. iiiv The Turkes dyd waste moste cruelly the lesser Asia [L. Asiam minorem]. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 184 The kingdome..was contained within the bounds of the lesser Asia. 1799 J. Aikin et al. Gen. Biogr. I. 413/2 The return of the Greeks was soon succeeded by wars between the Lacedemonians and the Great King, or rather his lieutenants in Lesser Asia. 1893 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. Apr. 403 The strange hieroglyphic inscriptions of Northern Syria and Lesser Asia. 1992 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 15 July 15 Cutting a grand figure on the world stage, even if that stage is only lesser Asia and our immediate neighbours. < as lemmas |
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