Aegean

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): /iˈdʒi.ən/

Adjective

Aegean (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Aegean Sea or the regions bordering it.
2. Of or relating to the Bronze Age civilization in that region.

Translations

of or relating to the Aegean Sea

Bulgarian: егейски (egejski) Catalan: egeu Czech: egejský Estonian: egeuse French: égéen (fr) German: ägäisch (de) Greek: αιγαιοπελαγίτικος (el) (aigaiopelagítikos)

Macedonian: Егеј m (Égej) Maltese: Eġew Polish: egejski (pl) Portuguese: egeu Russian: эгейский (ru) (egejskij) Spanish: egeo (es) Turkish: Ege (tr), Egeli (tr)

of or relating to Bronze Age civilization

Czech: egejský

Finnish: aigeialainen (fi)

Proper noun

Aegean

1. The Aegean Sea.

Translations

Aegean Sea — see Aegean Sea