Aegean

1. Of or relating to the Aegean Sea.
2. Of or relating to the Bronze Age civilization that flourished in the area of the Aegean Sea, as at Crete.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #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
  Synonym: Aegean Sea

The adjective Aegean has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization
  Pertains to noun: Aegean civilization (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea
  Pertains to noun: Aegean (meaning #1)

Aegean may refer to:

• Aegean Sea
• Aegean Islands
• Aegean Region, Turkey
• Aegean civilization
• Tyrsenian languages, aka Aegean languages
• Aegean Airlines
• Aegean Macedonia, another term for the Greek region of Macedonia
• University of the Aegean, a university based in Mytilene, Greece
• Ege University, a university based in İzmir, Turkey
• Aegean (stage), a stratigraphic stage, part of the Triassic system
• Aegean cat, a cat breed from Greece

See also

• Archipelago

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