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 Translation for 'Aegean Sea' from English to Greek
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NOUN   the Aegean Sea | -
SYNO Aegean | Aegean Sea
γεωγρ.
Aegean Sea {noun}
Αιγαίο Πέλαγος {το}
γεωγρ.
Ionian Sea {noun}
Ιόνιο Πέλαγος {το}
sea {noun} [also fig.]θάλασσα {η} [επίσης μεταφ.]
ζωολ.T
leatherback (sea) turtle {noun} [Dermochelys coriacea]
δερματοχελώνα {η}
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Usage Examples English
  • Prior to composing the epistle, Paul had evangelized the areas surrounding the Aegean Sea and was eager to take the gospel farther to Spain, a journey that would allow him to visit Rome on the way.
  • The loss of its harbour caused Ephesus to lose its access to the Aegean Sea, which was important for trade.
  • There are two major currents through the strait: a surface current flows from the Black Sea towards the Aegean Sea, and a more saline undercurrent flows in the opposite direction.
  • are an island group in the Aegean Sea, southeast of mainland Greece and a former administrative prefecture of Greece.
  • was the proper name for the Aegean Sea. Later, usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands (since the sea has a large number of islands).

  • "Goeben" herself, renamed "Yavuz Sultan Selim", fought engagements against the Imperial Russian Navy in the Black Sea before being knocked out of the action for the remainder of the war after the Battle of Imbros against British forces in the Aegean Sea in January 1918.
  • A number of issues concerning sovereignty within the Aegean Sea are disputed between Greece and Turkey.
  • Tradition says that Byzas of Megara (a city-state near Athens) founded the city when he sailed northeast across the Aegean Sea.
  • The "goat-man" who gave his name to the Aegean Sea was the father of Theseus.
  • The Corinth Canal, carrying ship traffic between the western Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea, is about [...] east of the city, cutting through the Isthmus of Corinth that connects the Peloponnesian peninsula to the Greek mainland, thus effectively making the former an island.

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