Definitions for Aegina

Aegina Ae·gi·na

Spelling: [ee-jahy-nuh, ih-jee-]
IPA: /iˈdʒaɪ nə, ɪˈdʒi-/

Aegina is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 71 anagrams from letters in Aegina (aaegin).

Definitions for Aegina

noun

  1. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Asopus and Metope who was abducted by Zeus and bore him a son, Aeacus.
  2. Gulf of. Saronic Gulf.
  3. an island in the Saronic Gulf. 32 sq. mi. (83 sq. km).
  4. a seaport on this island.

Examples for Aegina

This, seemed to be expedient; for Aegina was too grave a menace, as it was close to the Piraeus.

In Aegina, Hypereides and the others had been taken from the shrine of Aeacus.

The reduction of Aegina in 451 compensated for the loss of Boeotia and Egypt.

The unhappy Aeginetans were expelled from their island, and the land of Aegina was distributed among Athenian citizens.

On reaching the open water, they quitted this order, and engaged in a friendly contest of speed as far as Aegina.

Aegina taken by the Romans; the inhabitants reduced to slavery.

The father "Telamon" and the connection with Aegina are neither of them original in the myth.

Nor was there slight ground for the suspicions of the Athenians against Aegina.

Aegina was groaning under her yoke, and threatened with total political extinction.

The islanders obeyed including Aegina, the deadly foe of Athens.

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