/i jee"euhn/ , adj.
1. pertaining to the Aegean Sea or Islands.
2. pertaining to or denoting the prehistoric civilization that preceded the historic Hellenic period and flourished on the various islands and nearby regions of the Aegean Sea, as at Crete and Argolis.
n.
3. the . See Aegean Sea .
[ Aegae ( us ) ( Aigaîos ) + -AN ]