Cyclades

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cyclades \Cyclades\ n.
     1. the pre-Mycenaean civilization on the Cyclades islands in
        the S Aegean sea.
  
     Syn: Cycladic civilization, Cycladic culture.
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. an archipelago consisting of over 200 islands in the
        southern Aegean sea.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Cyclades
       n 1: the pre-Mycenaean civilization on the Cyclades islands in
            the southern Aegean sea [syn: {Cycladic civilization}, {Cycladic
            civilisation}, {Cycladic culture}]
       2: a group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean [syn: {Kikladhes}]