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AEOLIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ancient Greek inhabitants of Aeolia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Aeolian" is a kind of...):

citizenry; people (the body of citizens of a state or country)

Derivation:

Aeolian (of or relating to Aeolis or its ancient Greek people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks

Synonyms:

Aeolian; Eolian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Aeolian" is a kind of...):

Greek; Hellene (a native or inhabitant of Greece)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Aeolis or its ancient Greek people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Aeolis (an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC)

Derivation:

Aeolian (the ancient Greek inhabitants of Aeolia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds; relating to or caused by the wind

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Aeolus (god of the winds in ancient mythology)

Derivation:

Aeolus (god of the winds in ancient mythology)

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