Aegean Islands

American  

plural noun

1. the islands of the Aegean Sea, including the Dodecanese, Cyclades, and Sporades.

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Aegean Islands British  

plural noun

1. the islands of the Aegean Sea, including the Cyclades, Dodecanese, Euboea, and Sporades. The majority are under Greek administration

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Example Sentences

The environment ministry late Friday announced the move, which also covers the Aegean islands of Patmos and Leros, as the capital city's water reserves have been falling by approximately 250 million cubic meters per year since 2022.

From Barron's

To meet such demand, 461 new hotels opened on Greece’s southern Aegean islands from 2020 to 2023, according to data from the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels compiled by the Athens-based Research Institute for Tourism.

From New York Times

Recent tension has centered on energy exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean and on the presence of Greek troops on eastern Aegean islands near the Turkish coast.

From Seattle Times

Either way, somehow H. erectus made it to a few of the Aegean islands.

From Salon

Today, any journalist who covers refugee arrivals to the Aegean Islands or the Evros land border with Turkey risks arrest.

From New York Times