egeu
Portuguese, noun/eˈʒew/
egeu is spelled E-G-E-U (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Egeu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a member of the Aegean civilisation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “Mar Egeu: porção do mar Mediterrâneo que separa a Grécia da península da Anatólia”.
What does egeu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Aegean (of or relating to the Aegean Sea)
- 2
Aegean (of or relating to the Bronze Age civilisation from the Aegean coast)
noun
- 1
masculinea member of the Aegean civilisation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mar Egeu: porção do mar Mediterrâneo que separa a Grécia da península da Anatólia
adjective: 1. do mar Egeu 2. relativo a um povo ou cultura ancestral da zona do mar Egeu que teria originado as civilizações cretense, micénica e grega
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of egeu
- egeia feminine
- egeus masculine plural
- egeias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce egeu?
- Brazil /eˈʒew/
- Brazil [eˈʒeʊ̯]
- Portugal /iˈʒew/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to egeu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is egeu in Portuguese?
egeu appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).