Minoan

  1. Adjective.  Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age (about 3000-1050 (B.C.E.) ).
  2. Adjective.  Of or relating to the writing systems (Linear A and Linear B) used in Crete and later in mainland Greece.
  3. Adjective.  Of or relating to the ancient language of the Minoans which died out by the beginning of the 1st millenium (B.C.E.) .
  4. Noun.  A Cretan who belonged to the Minoan civilization.
  5. Proper noun.  the language written in Linear A.

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