Definitions for eolianiˈoʊ li ən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

E•o•li•aniˈoʊ li ən(n.; adj.)

  1. Category: Peoples

    Ref: Aeolian1. 0

E•o•li•aniˈoʊ li ən(adj.)

  1. (l.c.) of or pertaining to sand or rock material carried or arranged by the wind.

    Category: Geology, Petrology

  2. Ref: Aeolian2. 1

Origin of Eolian:

1920–25

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Aeolian, Eolian(noun)

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

Webster Dictionary

  1. Eolian(adj)

    aeolian

  2. Eolian(adj)

    formed, or deposited, by the action of wind, as dunes


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