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Minoan
Minoan
English
Adjective
Minoan (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age (about 3000-1050 BCE).
- Of or relating to the writing systems (Linear A and Linear B) used in Crete and later in mainland Greece.
- Of or relating to the ancient language of the Minoans which died out by the beginning of the 1st millenium BCE.
Translations
Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age
Noun
Minoan (plural Minoans)
- A Cretan who belonged to the Minoan civilization.
Translations
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Proper noun
Minoan
- the language written in Linear A
Synonyms
- Eteocretan