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Ae·ge·an    Audio Help   [i-jee-uhn] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.pertaining to the Aegean Sea or Islands.
2.pertaining to or denoting the prehistoric civilization that preceded the historic Hellenic period and flourished on the various islands and nearby regions of the Aegean Sea, as at Crete and Argolis.
–noun
3.the. Aegean Sea.
[Origin: < L Aegae(us) (< Gk Aigaǐos) + -an]
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Ae·ge·an    Audio Help   (ĭ-jē'ən)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  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.

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Aegean 
sea between Greece and Asia Minor, 1573, traditionally named for Aegeus, father of Theseus, who threw himself to his death in it when he thought his son had perished; but perhaps from Gk. aiges "waves," a word of unknown origin.

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aegean

adjective
1. of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization 
2. of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea; "Aegean islands" 

noun
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 

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