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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Aegean Islands

Then, the government in Athens announced that it would begin construction on new facilities for migrants on several of the Aegean Islands, including Lesbos — the least desirable outcome for everyone involved.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2022

Then, many Greeks, particularly on the Aegean Islands, pitched in to help.

From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2021

Known as the Aegean Islands, most of these belong to Greece.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2015

His actual negotiating points with the EU for the past few months have been over relative trifles: reductions in the value-added tax percentages of certain Aegean Islands, changes in the retirement age of state-sector employees.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2015

Aegean Islands, Greece takes, 52; left to decision of Powers, 59; given to Greece, 122.

From The Balkan Wars 1912-1913 by Jacob Gould Schurman

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