1. (

• Aegean ,
• Aegean_Sea

) 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 ;

1. (

• Aegean ,

) of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization ;

2. (

• Aegean

) of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea; "Aegean islands" ;