Aegean Sea

English

Alternative forms

Aegaean Sea
Ægæan Sea (archaic)

Etymology

Partial calque of Latin Aegaeum mare, itself a partial calque of Ancient Greek Αἰγαῖον πέλαγος (Aigaîon pélagos).

Pronunciation

(US) enPR: əjē'ən sī, IPA^(key): /əˈdʒi.ən ˈsi/

Proper noun

the Aegean Sea

A sea in the northeastern part of the Mediterranean.

Translations

sea of the northeastern part of the Mediterranean Sea

Afrikaans: Egeïese See
Albanian: Deti Egje
Amharic: ኤጊያን ባህር (ʾegiyan bahr)
Arabic: بَحْر إِيجَة m (baḥr ʔīja)
Hijazi Arabic: بحر إيجة m (baḥar ʔīja, baḥar ʔēja)
Armenian: Եգեյան ծով (hy) (Egeyan cov), Արշիպեղագոս (Aršipeġagos)
Azerbaijani: Egey dənizi (az)
Basque: Egeo
Belarusian: Эге́йскае мо́ра n (Ehjéjskaje móra)
Bengali: এজিয়ান সাগর (ejiẏan śagor)
Breton: Mor Egea m
Bulgarian: Еге́йско мо́ре n (Egéjsko móre)
Burmese: အေဂျင်ပင်လယ် (egyangpanglai)
Catalan: Mar Egea
Chinese:
Mandarin: 愛琴海／爱琴海 (zh) (Àiqín hǎi)
Czech: Egejské moře (cs) n
Danish: Ægæerhavet, Ægæiske Hav n
Dutch: Egeïsche Zee (nl)
Esperanto: Egea maro
Estonian: Egeuse meri
Faroese: Egeiska havið n
Finnish: Aigeianmeri (fi), Egeanmeri (fi)
French: mer Égée (fr) f
Galician: Mar Exeo
Georgian: ეგეოსის ზღვა (egeosis zɣva)
German: Ägäis (de) f, Ägäisches Meer (de) n
Greek: Αιγαίο πέλαγος (el) n (Aigaío pélagos)
Ancient: Αἰγαῖον πέλαγος n (Aigaîon pélagos)
Haitian Creole: lanmè Eje
Hebrew: הים האגאי (he) m (ha-yam ha-egéi)
Hindi: ईजियन सागर (ījiyan sāgar)
Hungarian: Égei-tenger (hu)
Icelandic: Eyjahaf n
Indonesian: Laut Aegea
Irish: an Mhuir Aeigéach f
Italian: mar Egeo m
Japanese: エーゲ海 (Ēge-kai)
Kannada: ಈಜಿಯನ್ ಸಮುದ್ರ (ījiyan samudra)
Kazakh: Эгей теңізі (Égei teñızı)
Khmer: សមុទ្រអ៊ីជាន (sɑɑmutrɔɔʼiiciən)
Korean: 에게 해 (Ege hae)
Kyrgyz: Эгей деңизи (Egey deŋizi)
Lao: ທະເລເອເຈໂອ (tha lē ʼē chē ʼō)
Latin: Mare Aegaeum n
Latvian: Egejas jūra f
Lithuanian: Egėjo jūra f
Macedonian: Егејско Море n (Egejsko More), Бело Море n (Belo More)
Malay: Laut Aegea
Malayalam: ഈജിയൻ കടൽ (ījiyaṉ kaṭal)
Maltese: il-Baħar Eġew
Marathi: एजियन समुद्र (ejiyan samudra)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Egeerhavet

Nynorsk: Egearhavet
Persian: دریای اژه (fa) (daryâ-ye eže)
Polish: Morze Egejskie (pl) n
Portuguese: Mar Egeu m
Punjabi: ਈਜੀਅਨ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ (ījīana samundar)
Romanian: Marea Egee f
Russian: Эге́йское мо́ре (ru) n (Egéjskoje móre)
Scottish Gaelic: Am Muir Àigeanach f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Егејско море n

Latin: Egejsko more n
Slovak: Egejské more n
Slovene: Egêjsko mórje (sl) n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Egejske mórjo n

Upper Sorbian: Egejske morjo n
Spanish: mar Egeo m
Swedish: Egeiska havet (sv)
Tajik: Баҳри Эгей (Bahri Egey)
Tamil: ஏஜியன் கடல் (ējiyaṉ kaṭal)
Telugu: ఎజియన్ సముద్రం (ejiyan samudraṁ)
Thai: ทะเลอีเจียน (tá-lee ii-jiian)
Turkish: Ege Denizi (tr), Adalar Denizi (tr), Ege (tr)
Turkmen: Egeý deňzi
Ukrainian: Еге́йське мо́ре n (Ehéjsʹke móre)
Uzbek: Egey dengizi
Vietnamese: biển Aegea
Welsh: Môr Aegeaidd m
West Frisian: Egeyske See

Aegean Sea

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