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MYCENAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mycenae mean?
• MYCENAE (noun)
The noun MYCENAE has 1 sense:
1. an ancient city is southern Greece; center of the Mycenaean civilization during the late Bronze Age
Familiarity information: MYCENAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ancient city is southern Greece; center of the Mycenaean civilization during the late Bronze Age
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Mycenae" is a part of...):
Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)
Derivation:
Mycenaean (of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Mycenae or its inhabitants)
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