Asia vs Asia Minor

Asia and Asia Minor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Asia	Yes	No	No	No
Asia Minor	Yes	No	No	No

Asia (noun)	Asia Minor (noun)
the nations of the Asian continent collectively	a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey
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