Definitions for Minoan

Minoan Mi·no·an

Spelling: [mi-noh-uh n, mahy-]
IPA: /mɪˈnoʊ ən, maɪ-/

Minoan is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in Minoan (aimnno).

Definitions for Minoan

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the ancient civilization of the island of Crete, dating from about 3000 to 1100 b.c.

Origin of Minoan

First recorded in 1890-95; Mino(s) + -an

Examples for Minoan

One interesting case study is Sir Arthur Evans, the original excavator and “restorer” of the Minoan palace of Knossos on Crete.

Were the creators of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilization Greeks or were they not?

Gaza also had "her Minoan traditions and the cult of the Cretan Zeus."

Its derivations from the Minoan and Mycenaean columns seems most improbable.

The latest discoveries in Minoan graves in Crete exhibit tools of bronze.

To him is attributed the founding of the great Minoan civilization.

Now the Minoan empire was already reduced to fragments at the time of the Troica.

It is clear that the rulers, as so Character of Minoan religion.

In 1893, however, Arthur Evans observed some signs on Minoan script.

Its date is that of the close of the Minoan period, namely 1600 b.c.

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