Nouns in english starting with A

• aegean — Noun – English ～ an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia
• Aegiceras — Noun – English ～ a genus of herbs of the family Verbenaceae
• aegilops — Noun – English ～ goat grass
• Aegina — Noun – English ～ an island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf
• Aegina — Noun – English ～ small medusa
• aegir — Noun – English ～ a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
• aegis — Noun – English ～ armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass
• aegis — Noun – English ～ kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council"
• Aegisthus — Noun – English ～ (Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him
• Aegospotami — Noun – English ～ a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC)
• Aegospotami — Noun – English ～ a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War
• Aegospotamos — Noun – English ～ a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War
• Aegospotamos — Noun – English ～ a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC)
• Aegypiidae — Noun – English ～ in some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae
• Aegypius — Noun – English ～ a genus of Accipitridae
• Aedes aegypti — Noun – English ～ mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue
• Aegyptopithecus — Noun – English ～ extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; fossils found in Egypt
• aeneas — Noun – English ～ a mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid
• aeneid — Noun – English ～ an epic in Latin by Virgil; tells the adventures of Aeneas after the Trojan War; provides an illustrious historical background for the Roman Empire
• aengus — Noun – English ～ Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women

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