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Aegean island

DEFINITIONS OF: Aegean island

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n an island in the Aegean Sea

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Aegina
an island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf
Chios
an island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to Greece
Kikladhes
a group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean
Dhodhekanisos
a group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea
Mytilene
an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry
Rhodes
a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes
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island
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
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