Ae·o·lis (   -l s) or Ae·o·li·a (- l-) An ancient region of the western coast of Asia Minor in present-day Turkey. It was made up of a group of cities founded by the Aeolians c. 1100 b.c. |
Aeolis [ˈiːəlɪs], Aeolia [iːˈəʊlɪə]
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(Placename) the ancient name for the coastal region of NW Asia Minor, including the island of Lesbos, settled by the Aeolian Greeks (about 1000 bc)
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| Noun | 1. | Aeolis - an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC Anatolia, Asia Minor - a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey |
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