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Aegean vs Smyrna - What's the difference?

aegean | smyrna |

As proper nouns the difference between aegean and smyrna

is that aegean is the Aegean Sea while Smyrna is a port city on the Aegean coast of western Asia Minor founded in circa the 11th century BC on the site of the present-day Turkish city of İzmir.

As an adjective Aegean

is of or relating to the Aegean Sea or the regions bordering it.

aegean

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic) * Aegaean

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or relating to the Aegean Sea or the regions bordering it.
  • Of or relating to the Bronze Age civilization in that region.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Aegean Sea.

    • smyrna

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (chiefly, historical) A port city on the Aegean coast of western Asia Minor founded in circa the 11th century BC on the site of the present-day Turkish city of .
  • A town in Delaware
  • A city in Georgia, USA
  • A town in Maine
  • A town and village in New York
  • A town in South Carolina
  • A town in Tennessee

    • Meronyms

    * New Smyrna * Old Smyrna * Smyrna proper