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/saɪklˈeɪdiz/ /sˈaɪklˌædz/ Listen

Cyclades

noun

The Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BC. Synonyms: Cycladic civilisation, Cycladic civilization, Cycladic culture.

A group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean. Synonym: Kikladhes.

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"Cyclades" Quotes from Famous Books

... look for the Adventure. It was also in his contemplation to run as far west as the Tierra Austral del Espiritu Santo, which was discovered by Quiros, and to which M. de Bougainville has given the name of the Great Cyclades. From this land, it was the captain's plan to steer to the south, and so back to the east, between the latitudes of fifty and sixty. In the execution of this plan, it was his purpose, if possible, to attain the length of Cape ...

— Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, • A. Kippis

... says Ovid, "and that which lately was sea is a surface of parched sand, and the mountains which the deep sea has covered, start up and increase the number of the scattered Cyclades" (a cluster of islands in the gean Sea, surrounding Delos as though with a circle, whence their name); "the fishes sink to the bottom, and the crooked dolphins do not care to raise themselves on the surface into the air as usual. The bodies of sea-calves float ...

— Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel • Ignatius Donnelly

Words linked to "Cyclades" : Ellas, Aegean civilization, Aegean civilisation, Greece, Aegean island, Aegean culture, Hellenic Republic