Synonyms for aegean
ɪˈdʒi ənaegean

Princeton's WordNet

1. Aegean, Aegean Seaadjective

   an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia

2. Aegeanadjective

   of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization

3. Aegeanadjective

   of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea

   "Aegean islands"

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1. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu:

   We will continue with the bilateral talks ... we need to go deeper and find a solution. We don't want tension, neither in the Aegean nor in the eastern Mediterranean, let's solve this issue, in order to exploit our energy resources and connect possible natural gas resources with Greece through Turkey.

2. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan:

   We cannot bear any longer to sit back and watch bodies of children and women washed ashore on the coasts of the Mediterranean and Aegean as a result of a forced helplessness, the solution of this crisis is through bringing down the tyrannic regime in Syria.

3. Hulusi Akar:

   Any jet that violates our airspace will be treated as a hostile target that must be shot down and prevented from achieving its goals, the Syrian military statement said. It was not immediately clear whether the statement referred to friendly Russian jets in addition to Turkish aircraft. Migrants arrive at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing on a dinghy the Aegean sea from Turkey, Sunday, March 1, 2020. ( AP Photo/Michael Varaklas) The statement came shortly after the Syrian army shot down a Turkish drone over the town of Saraqeb in Syrias Idlib, according to military-run media. Turkish Defense Minsiter Hulusi Akar, speaking from military headquarters near the Syrian border, said Turkey aimed to confront Syrian government forces rather than Russian troops. Hulusi Akar called on Moscow to persuade Syrian President Bashar Assad to withdraw to 2018 cease-fire lines on the edges of Idlib. Referring to losses inflicted on Syria, Hulusi Akar said Turkey had neutralized more than 2,200 Syrian troops, 103 tanks and eight helicopters. The Spring Shield operation, which was launched following the abominable attack in Idlib on Feb. 27, continues successfully.

4. Anastassia Miliou:

   We cant say that the Turkish exercises killed the dolphins, but the fact that we had such an unusual increase in the number washed up dead and what we have seen must be a small percentage of the total because the Aegean has a long coastline coincided with exercises that used more than 100 ships, (The deaths) are very worrying and we cant say that the two events are unrelated.

5. Simon Lewis:

   And she looked at me like that, those eyes. And you know, she stared me down, and I will never forget that moment. We broke this poor lady's heart -- I broke this poor lady's heart. You know, not receiving her baby in the middle of the Aegean Sea.