Asia Minor n.
1. Belgravia, London [ext. of SE, i.e. the wealthy Jews who bought houses there].
et al. Brewer’s Britain and Ireland 94: Belgravia [...] wealthy Jews earned it the slang nicknames ASIA MINOR, ‘the New Jerusalem’ and ‘Mesopotamia’. |
2. Kensington and Bayswater, London [early use f. the large population of retired Indian civil servants; modern use refers to the Asian population, whether transient or immigrant].
Daily News 9 Feb. 2/5: Notting-hill [...] is the centre of a district where Indians in the British metropolis mostly congregate [...] Asia Minor [as] it is sometimes called [F&H]. | ||
Sl. and Its Analogues. | ||
Dead Men’s Wages (2003) 121: In India, as well as in England, Bayswater is familiarly known as ‘Asia Minor’. |