A peninsula of western Asia between the Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea, and the Black Sea: Asia Minor includes a large segment of modern-day Turkey.

One of a family of stony objects mostly orbiting between the rotations of Mars and Jupiter: The minor planets probably represent planetesimals that failed to form a planet.

A member of the smallest worker subcaste: Minor worker in ant colonies are sterile female ants, very small, and although they do the most work, they do rest in order to get back their energy.

The "Little Dipper" or small constellation of the northern hemisphere: Ursa Minor, or Little Bear is shaped like a dipper, with the bright north pole star "Polaris" at the end of the handle.