MINOAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Minoan mean? 

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

1. a Cretan who lived in the bronze-age culture of Crete about 3000-1100 BC

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

• MINOAN (adjective)
  The adjective MINOAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of the Bronze Age culture of Crete

  Familiarity information: MINOAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINOAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Minoan" is a kind of...):

Cretan (a native or inhabitant of Crete)

• MINOAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of the Bronze Age culture of Crete

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the Minoan palace at Knossos

Pertainym:

Minoan civilization (the bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished 3000-1100 BC)

Derivation:

Minos (son of Zeus and Europa; king of ancient Crete; ordered Daedalus to build the labyrinth; after death Minos became a judge in the underworld)