Aegean Sea

American  

noun

1. an arm of the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Turkey.

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Aegean Sea British  

noun

1. an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey

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Aegean Sea Cultural  

1. An arm of the Mediterranean Sea off southeastern Europe between Greece and Turkey.

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This sea was a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete, Greece, Rome, and Persia (now Iran).

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Aegean Sea

Three villages near Ayvalik, which is on the Aegean Sea and in front of the Greek island of Lesbos, had been evacuated alongside 720 cattle, they added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

Turkey negotiated its right to charge fees amid tensions in the 1930s with Italy, which was then in control of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

In 1956, two powerful earthquakes struck the southern Aegean Sea between Santorini and the nearby island of Amorgos, only 13 minutes apart.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 17, 2026

Around 40 people were rescued by authorities during an operation in the Aegean Sea involving aircraft and vessels, authorities said.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024

Then, 2,500 years ago, there was a glorious awakening in Ionia: on Samos and the other nearby Greek colonies that grew up among the islands and inlets of the busy eastern Aegean Sea.'

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan