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Noun: Aegean  i'jee-un
  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
    - Aegean Sea
Adjective: Aegean  i'jee-un
  1. Of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea
    "Aegean islands"
     
  2. Of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization

Type of: sea

Part of: Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea

Encyclopedia: Aegean