Minoan

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Definitions of Minoan
  1. adjective
    of or relating to or characteristic of the Bronze Age culture of Crete
    “the Minoan palace at Knossos”
  2. noun
    a Cretan who lived in the bronze-age culture of Crete about 3000-1100 BC
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    Cretan
    a native or inhabitant of Crete
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