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Aegean
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Ægean
English
Alternative forms
en Aegæan Ægaean Ægæan Ægean archaic
en Aegaean Egean
Etymology
en la aegaeus (from en grc Αἰγαῖος Aegean) + en -an. The name might be connected to grc αἶγες waves.
Pronunciation
ējē'ən US, en /iˈd͡ʒi.ən/
en iən 3
en en-us-Aegean.ogg US
Adjective
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Of or relating to the Aegean Sea or the regions bordering it.
Of or relating to the Bronze Age civilization in that region.
Derived terms
en Aegean Islands Aegeanness circum-Aegean
Translations
of or relating to the Aegean Sea
Bulgarian: bg егейски
Catalan: ca egeu
Czech: cs egejský
Dutch: nl egeïsch
Estonian: et egeuse
French: fr égéen
German: de ägäisch
Greek: el αιγαιοπελαγίτικος
Hindi: hi ईजियन
Irish: ga Aeigéach, ga na Mara Aeigéiche
Macedonian: mk егејски
Maltese: mt Eġew
Polish: pl egejski
Portuguese: pt egeu
Russian: ru эгейский
Slovene: sl egejski m
Spanish: es egeo
Turkish: tr Ege, tr Egeli
of or relating to Bronze Age civilization
Czech: cs egejský
Finnish: fi aigeialainen
Irish: ga Aeigéach
Polish: pl egejski
Noun
+ cat
A shorthaired domestic cat originating from the Cyclades; an Aegean cat.
Proper noun
+ Sea
1
en sea between Greece and Anatolia north of Crete; a lobe of the Mediterranean Aegean Sea.
en 1924 Herbert Weir Smyth Aeschylean Tragedy VI. Orestea. I: Agamemnon 166 Clytaemestra’s purpose to kill her husband had been locked in her heart long before the tidings had been flashed across the Aegean that his coming was at hand.
en geology An age from 245 ± 1.5 to 244 million years ago, a subdivision of the Triassic.
Translations
Aegean Sea
en relational adjectives
en Domestic cats