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# aegean

«aegean» in Mova's school dictionary: **the part of the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

proper noun (the Aegean — a name of a sea); adjective (Aegean)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) The Aegean Sea is the part of the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Turkey, with many islands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aegean/#m1)

2) Aegean describes the islands and ancient peoples of that area. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aegean/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and geography lessons about Ancient Greece it is the sea of Greek islands, trade and myths. Phrases: the Aegean Sea, Aegean islands.

### examples

- The Aegean Sea lies between Greece and Turkey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aegean/#x1)
- Crete is the largest island in the Aegean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aegean/#x2)
- Greek sailors traded across the Aegean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aegean/#x3)
- The water of the Aegean is clear and blue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aegean/#x4)
- In the myth, King Aegeus threw himself into the sea, and it was named the Aegean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aegean/#x5)
- Ferries hop between the Aegean islands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aegean/#x6)
- He therefore brought her to Delos, a floating island in the AEgean Sea, which he made stationary by attaching it with chains of adamant to the bottom of the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aegean/#x7)

### note

Written with a capital A. Said ee-JEE-an. Spelling: Ae at the start.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aegean» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aegean/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.