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Aeolian

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Noun

1. aeolian, eolian

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

2. aeolian

the ancient Greek inhabitants of Aeolia

Adjective

3. aeolian

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

4. aeolian

of or relating to Aeolis or its ancient Greek people

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Aeolian

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adjective
of or relating to the wind; produced or carried by the wind
noun
1. 
a member of a Hellenic people who settled in Thessaly and Boeotia and colonized Lesbos and parts of the Aegean coast of Asia Minor
adjective
2. 
of or relating to this people or their dialect of Ancient Greek; Aeolic
3. 
of or relating to Aeolus
4. 
denoting or relating to an authentic mode represented by the ascending natural diatonic scale from A to A: the basis of the modern minor key
See also Hypo-

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Aeolian

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adjective
1. 
of Aeolis or its people, language, or culture
2. 
of Aeolus
3.  [often a-]
of the wind
see also Eolian (sense 2)
noun
4. 
a person born or living in Aeolis; a member of any of the Greek tribes that settled in ancient Thessaly, Boeotia, Lesbos, and Asia Minor
5.  var. of
Aeolic

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Aeolian

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adj.
1. Of or relating to Aeolis or its people or culture.
2. Greek Mythology Of or relating to Aeolus.
3. aeolian Variant of eolian.
n.
1. One of a Hellenic people of central Greece that occupied Aeolis and Lesbos around 1100 BC.
2. See Aeolic.

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