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Word: minoan (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Of or relating to the ancient language of the Minoans which died out by the beginning of the 1st millenium BCE.
  • 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.

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Noun:

  • A Cretan who belonged to the Minoan civilization.

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Proper noun:

  • the language written in Linear A

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