Aegean
/iːˈdʒiːən
/ /ɪˈdʒiːən/adjective
Relating to the region comprising the Aegean Sea and its coasts and islands.The Aegean region is packed with out-of-the-way places to bike, climb, raft, trek, windsurf, and sea kayak....
- In the Aegean region, especially, a revolution in tractor usage took place.
- Grieving their lost companions, Ulysses and his men at long last reached a peaceful Aegean island.
noun (the Aegean)
The Aegean Sea or its region.On September 23 1942 he took off from an airfield near Alexandria on a solo reconnaissance over the Aegean....
- With more the 300 days of sunshine Rhodes is the pearl of the Aegean.
- In 490 he sent a fleet across the Aegean to Marathon.
Origin
Early 17th century: via Latin from Greek Aigaios + -ean.
Rhymes
- pressure engine
- pressure-fed
- pressure feed
- pressure figure
- pressure filter
- pressure-flaked
- pressure flaker
- pressure flaking
- pressure flask
- pressure gauge
- pressure gradient
- pressure group
- pressure groupism
- pressure head
- pressure heater
- pressure hold
- pressure hull
- pressure ice
- pressure jet
- pressure jump
- pressure-jump line
- pressure lamp
- pressureless
- pressure line
- pressure microphone