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Aegean en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• ējē'ən (US)
• /iˈd͡ʒi.ən/ (US)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the Aegean Sea or the regions bordering it.
2. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the Bronze Age civilization in that region.

Forms

Deriveds

Aegeanness · Aegean Islands

Translations (24)

ru эгейский (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · pl egejski (of or relating to Bronze Age civilization) · ca egeu (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · ga Aeigéach (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · ga na Mara Aeigéiche (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · de ägäisch (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · et egeuse (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · es egeo (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · ga Aeigéach (of or relating to Bronze Age civilization) · mk егејски (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · cs egejský (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · mt Eġew (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · fi aigeialainen (of or relating to Bronze Age civilization) · pl egejski (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · hi ईजियन (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · nl egeïsch (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · pt egeu (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · tr Ege (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · fr égéen (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · cs egejský (of or relating to Bronze Age civilization) · el αιγαιοπελαγίτικος (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · tr Egeli (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · sl egejski (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) · bg егейски (of or relating to the Aegean Sea)

Aegean en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• ējē'ən (US)
• /iˈd͡ʒi.ən/ (US)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A shorthaired domestic cat originating from the Cyclades; an Aegean cat.

Forms

Aegean en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• ējē'ən (US)
• /iˈd͡ʒi.ən/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A sea between Greece and Anatolia north of Crete; a lobe of the Mediterranean; in full, Aegean Sea.
   • Clytaemestra’s purpose to kill her husband had been locked in her heart long before the tidings had been flashed across the Aegean that his coming was at hand. 1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VI. Orestea. I: Agamemnon”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 166:
2. An age from 245 ± 1.5 to 244 million years ago, a subdivision of the Triassic.

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