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Definition of Aegean
1. Noun. 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.
Exact synonyms: Aegean Sea
Terms within: Aegean Island, Lemnos, Limnos
Group relationships: Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea
Generic synonyms: Sea
Terms within: Aegean Island, Lemnos, Limnos
Group relationships: Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea
Generic synonyms: Sea
2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization.
Partainyms: Aegean Civilization
3. Adjective. Of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea. "Aegean islands"