Cyclades

[sik-luh-deez]

plural noun

a group of Greek islands in the S Aegean. 1023 sq. mi. (2650 sq. km).

Greek Ki·klá·dhes [kee-klah-th es] /kiˈklɑ ðɛs/.

cyclas

[sik-luh s]

noun, plural cyc·la·des [sik-luh-deez] /ˈsɪk ləˌdiz/.

a tunic or surcoat, longer in back than in front, worn over armor in the Middle Ages.

a similar, full-length garment worn by women.

a round robe with an elaborately ornamented border, worn by women in ancient Rome.

Origin of cyclas

1825–35; < Medieval Latin, Latin < Greek kyklás, noun use of kyklás encircling, akin to kýklos cycle

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Examples from the Web for cyclades

Delos is the central island of the Cyclades group in the Ægean.
The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911)|Charles Mills Gayley
Delos,833 the Cyclades about it, and the Sporades adjacent to these, belong rather to the Ægæan sea.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3)|Strabo
But Patmos was not one of the Cyclades: it was an Asiatic island, at a considerable distance.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.|Jacob Bryant
We first incommode with our presence the governor of the Cyclades, a patriotic Greek, who speaks good English and good sense.
From the Oak to the Olive|Julia Ward Howe

The boy from Awarua waited anxiously for the latest election return from the islands of the Cyclades!
New Zealanders at Gallipoli|Major Fred Waite

British Dictionary definitions for cyclades

Cyclades

pl n

a group of over 200 islands in the S Aegean Sea, forming a department of Greece. Capital: Hermoupolis (Ermoupoli, on Syros). Pop: 112 615 (2001). Area: 2572 sq km (993 sq miles)Modern Greek name: Kikládhes

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