Aegean island

Other forms: Aegean islands

Definitions of Aegean island
  1. noun
    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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