Aegean Sea

English

Alternative forms

• Aegaean Sea
• Ægæan Sea (archaic)

Etymology

Partial calque of Latin Aegaeum mare, itself a partial calque of Ancient Greek Αἰγαῖον πέλαγος (Aigaîon pélagos).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: əjē'ən sī, IPA^(key): /əˈdʒi.ən ˈsi/

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Proper noun

the Aegean Sea

1. A sea in the northeastern part of the Mediterranean.
   • 2022 June 16, Issy Ronald, “Meet the parkour athletes defying fear and gravity at Red Bull Art of Motion”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 June 2022:

     Its old town rises out of the Aegean Sea towards a clifftop Venetian castle in a jumble of white-washed narrow streets, flat rooftops and balconies that provide a perfect, obstacle-filled arena for parkour.

Translations

sea of the northeastern part of the Mediterranean Sea

• Afrikaans: Egeïese See
• Albanian: Deti Egje
• Amharic: ኤጊያን ባህር (ʾegiyan bahr)
• Arabic: بَحْر إِيجَة m (baḥr ʔīja)

  Hijazi Arabic: بحر إيجة m (baḥar ʔīja, baḥar ʔēja)

• Armenian: Եգեյան ծով (hy) (Egeyan cov), Արշիպեղագոս (Aršipeġagos)
• Azerbaijani: Egey dənizi (az)
• Basque: Egeo
• Belarusian: Эге́йскае мо́ра n (Ehjéjskaje móra)
• Bengali: এজিয়ান সাগর (bn) (ejiẏan śagor)
• Breton: Mor Egea m
• Bulgarian: Еге́йско мо́ре n (Egéjsko móre), Бяло море n (Bjalo more)
• Burmese: အေဂျင်ပင်လယ် (egyangpanglai)
• Catalan: Mar Egea
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愛琴海 / 爱琴海 (zh) (Àiqín Hǎi)

• Czech: Egejské moře (cs) n
• Danish: Ægæerhavet, Ægæiske Hav n
• Dutch: Egeïsche Zee (nl)
• Esperanto: Egea maro
• Estonian: Egeuse meri
• Faroese: Egeiska havið n
• Finnish: Aigeianmeri (fi), Egeanmeri (fi)
• French: mer Égée (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Egeyske See

• Galician: Mar Exeo
• Georgian: ეგეოსის ზღვა (egeosis zɣva)
• German: Ägäis (de) f, Ägäisches Meer (de) n
• Greek: Αιγαίο πέλαγος (el) n (Aigaío pélagos)

  Ancient Greek: Αἰγαῖον πέλαγος n (Aigaîon pélagos)

• Haitian Creole: lanmè Eje
• Hebrew: הים האגאי (he) m (ha-yam ha-egéi)
• Hindi: ईजियन सागर (ījiyan sāgar)
• Hungarian: Égei-tenger (hu)
• Icelandic: Eyjahaf n
• Indonesian: Laut Aegea
• Irish: an Mhuir Aeigéach f
• Italian: mar Egeo m
• Japanese: エーゲ海 (ja) (Ēge-kai)
• Kannada: ಈಜಿಯನ್ ಸಮುದ್ರ (ījiyan samudra)
• Kazakh: Эгей теңізі (Ègey teŋizi)
• Khmer: សមុទ្រអ៊ីជាន (sɑɑmutrɔɔʼiiciən)
• Korean: 에게 해 (Ege hae)
• Kyrgyz: Эгей деңизи (Egey deŋizi)
• Lao: ທະເລເອເຈໂອ (tha lē ʼē chē ʼō)
• Latin: Mare Aegaeum n
• Latvian: Egejas jūra f
• Lithuanian: Egėjo jūra f, Egė́jas m (informal)
• Macedonian: Егејско Море n (Egejsko More), Бело Море n (Belo More)
• Malay: Laut Aegea
• Malayalam: ഈജിയൻ കടൽ (ījiyaṉ kaṭal)
• Maltese: il-Baħar Eġew
• Marathi: एजियन समुद्र (ejiyan samudra)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Egeerhavet

  Nynorsk: Egearhavet

• Odia: ଏସିଆନ ସାଗର (esiāna sāgara)
• Persian: دریای اژه (fa) (daryâ-ye eže)
• Polish: Morze Egejskie (pl) n
• Portuguese: Mar Egeu m
• Punjabi: ਈਜੀਅਨ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ (ījīana samundar)
• Romanian: Marea Egee f
• Russian: Эге́йское мо́ре (ru) n (Egéjskoje móre)
• Scottish Gaelic: Am Muir Àigeanach f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Егејско море n

  Latin: Egejsko more n

• Slovak: Egejské more n
• Slovene: Egêjsko mórje (sl) n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Egejske mórjo n

  Upper Sorbian: Egejske morjo n

• Spanish: mar Egeo m
• Swedish: Egeiska havet (sv)
• Tajik: Баҳри Эгей (Bahr-i Egey)
• Tamil: ஏஜியன் கடல் (ējiyaṉ kaṭal)
• Telugu: ఎజియన్ సముద్రం (ejiyan samudraṁ)
• Thai: ทะเลอีเจียน (tá-lee ii-jiian)
• Turkish: Ege Denizi (tr), Adalar Denizi (tr), Ege (tr)
• Turkmen: Egeý deňzi
• Ukrainian: Еге́йське мо́ре (uk) n (Ehéjsʹke móre)
• Uzbek: Egey dengizi
• Vietnamese: biển Aegea
• Welsh: Môr Aegeaidd m

Further reading

• Aegean Sea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia