Aegean

See also: Ægean

English

Alternative forms

Aegæan, Ægaean, Ægæan, Ægean (archaic)
Aegaean, Egean

Etymology

Latin aegaeus (from Ancient Greek Αἰγαῖος (Aigaîos, “Aegean”)) + English -an. The name might be connected to αἶγες (aîges, “waves”).

Pronunciation

(US) enPR: ējē'ən, IPA^(key): /iˈd͡ʒi.ən/
Rhymes: -iən
Audio (US) (file)

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

Aegean Islands

Translations

of or relating to the Aegean Sea

Bulgarian: егейски (egejski)
Catalan: egeu
Czech: egejský
Dutch: egeïsch
Estonian: egeuse
French: égéen (fr)
German: ägäisch (de)
Greek: αιγαιοπελαγίτικος (el) (aigaiopelagítikos)
Irish: Aeigéach, na Mara Aeigéiche
Macedonian: егејски (egejski)
Maltese: Eġew
Polish: egejski (pl)
Portuguese: egeu (pt)
Russian: эгейский (ru) (egejskij)
Spanish: egeo (es)
Turkish: Ege (tr), Egeli (tr)

of or relating to Bronze Age civilization

Czech: egejský
Finnish: aigeialainen (fi)
Irish: Aeigéach

Proper noun

the Aegean

Ellipsis of Aegean Sea; a sea between Greece and Anatolia, north of Crete; a lobe of the in the Mediterranean.

Translations

Aegean Sea — see Aegean Sea

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