[syn: Cyclades, Kikladhes]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cyclades \Cyclades\ n.
1. the pre-Mycenaean civilization on the Cyclades islands in
the S Aegean sea.
Syn: Cycladic civilization, Cycladic culture.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. an archipelago consisting of over 200 islands in the
southern Aegean sea.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Cyclades
n 1: the Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the
southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BC [syn:
Cycladic civilization, Cycladic civilisation, Cycladic
culture, Cyclades]
2: a group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean [syn:
Cyclades, Kikladhes]