Aeaean

adjective

Ae·​ae·​an

ē-ˈē-ən

: of or belonging to the Italian island of Aeaea

Word History

Etymology

Aeaea, island in the Tyrrhenian sea, legendary abode of Circe, from Latin, from Greek Aiaia

First Known Use

1616, in the meaning defined above

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