1.
[syn: Aegean, Aegean Sea]
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization;
2. of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea;
- Example: "Aegean islands"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Aegean
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric
Aegean civilization
2: of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea; "Aegean
islands"
n 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]