aeolis

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsAeolia

   Broaderseashore

   Part ofAsia Minor

   PartsLesbos

Other forms of aeolis

plural

aeolises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aeolis

What does aeolis mean?

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

How many syllables are in aeolis?

aeolis has 4 syllables: a-e-o-lis. The stress falls on "e".

What is another word for aeolis?

Close synonyms include Aeolia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aeolis a common word?

aeolis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.