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

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

The ownership of Italy and Greece to the Aegean Islands, now in their respective possessions, is to be confirmed by the powers and guarantees shall be given that the said islands shall not be fortified.

From New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various