CNOSSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cnossus mean? 

• CNOSSUS (noun)
  The noun CNOSSUS has 1 sense:

1. an ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC

  Familiarity information: CNOSSUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CNOSSUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Cnossos; Cnossus; Knossos

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)