Aeolian

1. Of or relating to Aeolis or its people or culture.
2. Greek Mythology. Of or relating to Aeolus.
3. aeolian Variant of eolian.

1. One of a Hellenic people of central Greece that occupied Aeolis and Lesbos around 1100 B.C.
2. See Aeolic (sense 1).

Name given by Glarean (Dodecachordon, 1547) to one of the additions to the eight traditional church modes, the authentic mode on A, range a-a′. It is identical with the modern minor scale in its descending melodic form. See Mode.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
  Synonym: Eolian

The adjective Aeolian has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or pertaining to Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds
  Pertains to noun: Aeolus (meaning #1)

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Aeolian may refer to:

• things related to Aeolus, the Greek God of wind
• Aeolian harp, a harp that is played by the wind
• Aeolian processes, wind generated geologic processes
• Aeolians, an ancient Greek tribe said to be descended from Æolus
• Aeolian Islands, islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea
• Aeolian mode, a musical mode, the natural minor key
• Aeolic order, aka Aeolian order, an order of architecture
• Aeolian Hall, any one of a number of concert halls of that name
• Aeolian Quartet, a string quartet (1952-1981) based in London
• Aeolian Company a maker of pianolas and piano rolls
• Eolianite, a sandstone formed from wind transported sediment
• Aeolian (album), an album by German post-metal band The Ocean Collective

See also

• Aeolis, an area of Asia Minor that was inhabited by ancient Greeks
• Aeolic Greek, the Ancient Greek dialect of the Aeolians
• Éolienne Bollée, a turbine worked by the wind

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