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CYCLADES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cyclades mean? 

CYCLADES (noun)
  The noun CYCLADES has 2 senses:

1. the Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BCplay

2. a group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegeanplay

  Familiarity information: CYCLADES used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CYCLADES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BC

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Cyclades; Cycladic civilisation; Cycladic civilization; Cycladic culture

Hypernyms ("Cyclades" is a kind of...):

Aegean civilisation; Aegean civilization; Aegean culture (the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Cyclades; Kikladhes

Instance hypernyms:

Aegean island (an island in the Aegean Sea)

Holonyms ("Cyclades" is a part of...):

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)


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