AEOLIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aeolian mean? 

• AEOLIAN (noun)
  The noun AEOLIAN has 2 senses:

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

2. the ancient Greek inhabitants of Aeolia

  Familiarity information: AEOLIAN used as a noun is rare.

• AEOLIAN (adjective)
  The adjective AEOLIAN has 2 senses:

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

2. of or relating to Aeolis or its ancient Greek people

  Familiarity information: AEOLIAN used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AEOLIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Aeolian; Eolian

Hypernyms ("Aeolian" is a kind of...):

Greek; Hellene (a native or inhabitant of Greece)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The ancient Greek inhabitants of Aeolia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Aeolian" is a kind of...):

citizenry; people (the body of citizens of a state or country)

Derivation:

Aeolian (of or relating to Aeolis or its ancient Greek people)

• AEOLIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Aeolus (god of the winds in ancient mythology)

Derivation:

Aeolus (god of the winds in ancient mythology)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to Aeolis or its ancient Greek people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Aeolis (an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC)

Derivation:

Aeolian (the ancient Greek inhabitants of Aeolia)

 Context examples 

The process could lead to an activation of aeolian wind-borne transport in the region, with important implications for the biogeochemistry of downwind terrestrial and marine ecosystems.

(Sleeping sands of the Kalahari awaken after more than 10,000 years, NSF)