Aegean - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Aegean :  adj
1: of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization [syn: Aegean]
2: of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea; "Aegean islands" [syn: Aegean] (noun)

1: an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia [syn: Aegean, Aegean Sea]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Aegean : \[AE]*ge"an\, a. [L. Aegeus; Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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