Cyclades

American  

[sik-luh-deez] / ˈsɪk ləˌdiz /

plural noun

1. a group of Greek islands in the S Aegean. 1,023 sq. mi. (2,650 sq. km).

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Cyclades British  

/ ˈsɪkləˌdiːz /

plural noun

1. Modern Greek name: Kikládhes.  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)

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Cyclades

Summer can be especially windy, whipping up the waters around the Cyclades just as tourists flock to the popular islands of Mykonos, Naxos and Milos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Legitimate Cycladics were made in the Cyclades, a group of islands in Greece, during the Bronze Age about 3,000 years ago.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

But there are signs of a slowdown in the Cyclades.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

Most belong to the Cycladic civilization that flourished in the Cyclades islands between 3,200-2000 B.C., whose elegantly abstract but enigmatic white marble figurines inspired leading 20th century artists.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 8, 2022

Hills lift their heads Late by the deep waves hid, and countless seem The scatter'd Cyclades.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard