Aeolia


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Ae·o·li·a

 (ē-ō′lē-ə)
See Aeolis.
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Ae•o•lis

(ˈi ə lɪs)

also Aeolia



n.
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
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Noun1.Aeolia - an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC
Aeolis
Anatolia, Asia Minor - a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey
Lesbos, Lesvos, Mytilene - an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry
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