AEOLIAN Definition & Meaning

Aeolian

[ee-oh-lee-uhn]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

pertaining to Aeolus, or to the winds in general.
Usually aeolian of or caused by the wind; windblown.

Aeolian

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[ee-oh-lee-uhn]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Also belonging to a nation of people in ancient Greece named after Aeolus, its legendary founder.
(lowercase)��noting or pertaining to sand or rock material carried or arranged by the wind.

noun

a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Aeolic.

Aeolian

/ ��ːˈəʊ��ɪə�� /

noun

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

of or relating to this people or their dialect of Ancient Greek; Aeolic
of or relating to Aeolus
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-

aeolian

/ ��ːˈəʊ��ɪə�� /

adjective

of or relating to the wind; produced or carried by the wind

aeolian

See eolian

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of aeolian¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; Aeoli(us) pertaining to Aeolus + -an adjective suffix; -an

Origin of aeolian²

First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin ��Ǳ��(ī), (from Greek ��Ǳ��î�� “the Aeolians,” with change of suffix) + -an

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of aeolian¹

C18: from _Aeolus , god of the winds

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Experts at navigating the steep landscape of Alicudi, in the Aeolian archipelago north of Sicily, the goats have become a problem as they damage gardens and allotments.

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It’s one of the Aeolian islands in Italy, and it looks out on Stromboli.

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At first we turned to nature: The Aeolian harps found across ancient civilizations required only the intervention of the wind to share their song.

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A tension kindles between his precise, graceful sentences and his graphic scenes of sex, capricious as the music of an Aeolian harp.

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In 1921, the New York Times extended microaggressive praise for the “unusual” Hagan’s “uncommon gifts” following a recital at Aeolian Hall — referring to her as “one of those exotic musical souls born to be pioneers.”

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