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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


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]