Aegean
(adjective) of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea; “Aegean islands”
Aegean
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization
Aegean, Aegean Sea
(noun) an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Æ*ge"an, a. Etym: [L. Aegeus; Gr.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
