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MINOAN CIVILISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Minoan civilisation mean?
• MINOAN CIVILISATION (noun)
The noun MINOAN CIVILISATION has 1 sense:
1. the bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished 3000-1100 BC
Familiarity information: MINOAN CIVILISATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished 3000-1100 BC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Minoan civilisation; Minoan civilization; Minoan culture
Hypernyms ("Minoan civilisation" is a kind of...):
civilisation; civilization; culture (a particular society at a particular time and place)
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