Minoan definition

Minoan

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WordNet

(1) Of or relating to or characteristic of the Bronze Age culture of Crete

"The Minoan palace at Knossos"

(2) A Cretan who lived in the bronze-age culture of Crete about 3000-1100 BC

WiktionaryText

From , the king of Crete.

Of or related 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.