Aegean

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Aegean
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric
           Aegean civilization
    2: of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea; "Aegean
       islands"
    n 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 [syn: {Aegean}, {Aegean Sea}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

AEgean \[AE]*ge"an\, a. [L. Aegeus; Gr. ?.]
   Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea,
   east of Greece. See {Archipelago}.
   [1913 Webster]