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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 BC
2. a group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean
Familiarity information: CYCLADES used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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