Aegean

[ ih-jee-uhn ]

adjective

1. pertaining to the Aegean Sea or Aegean 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

1. the Aegean. Aegean Sea.

Aegean

/ iːˈdʒiːən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Aegean Sea or Islands
2. of or relating to the Bronze Age civilization of Greece, Asia Minor, and the Aegean Islands

Word History and Origins

Origin of Aegean¹

First recorded in 1510–20; from Latin Aegae(us) or directly from Greek Aigaîos + -an

Example Sentences

And he’s kept sailing his whole life, placing third at the 2020 Aegean Rally.

From Slate

Scattered along the coast of the Levant were the great Canaanite commercial centers, which dispensed strategic and utilitarian raw materials and manufactured goods to the Aegean region and beyond.

From New York Times

Alternatively, he proposed, the doomed sailors on the deep-sea galley might have sailed from an Aegean port, debarked with cargo in a Levantine harbor and loaded the ship with the Canaanite amphorae for the return voyage.

From New York Times

“The two previous Bronze Age shipwrecks marked trading routes between Cyprus, the Levant and places in the eastern Aegean Sea,” Dr. Sharvit said.

From New York Times

The Greek fire service on Thursday said a team of six firefighters was looking for a missing foreign national on Symi, part of the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea, and said drones had been sent from the nearby island of Rhodes.

From New York Times