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English
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Etymology
Latin aegaeus (from Ancient Greek Αἰγαῖος (Aigaîos, “Aegean”)) + English -an. The name might be connected to αἶγες (aîges, “waves”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
Aegean (not comparable)
- 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
Translations
of or relating to the Aegean Sea
of or relating to Bronze Age civilization
Proper noun
the Aegean
- Ellipsis of Aegean Sea; a sea between Greece and Anatolia, north of Crete; a lobe of the in the Mediterranean.
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