Minoan
- 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.) ).
- Adjective. Of or relating to the writing systems (Linear A and Linear B) used in Crete and later in mainland Greece.
- Adjective. Of or relating to the ancient language of the Minoans which died out by the beginning of the 1st millenium (B.C.E.) .
- Noun. A Cretan who belonged to the Minoan civilization.
- Proper noun. the language written in Linear A.
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