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Noun: Cyclades  'sik-lu,deez
  1. A group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean
    - Kikladhes
     
  2. The Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BC
    - Cycladic civilization, Cycladic civilisation [Brit], Cycladic culture

Type of: Aegean civilisation [Brit], Aegean civilization, Aegean culture, Aegean island

Part of: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic

Encyclopedia: Cyclades