Crete
[kri:t]
Definition
(noun.) the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC.
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Definition
(n.) A Cretan
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Examples
- Dittany is an herb of rare medicinal power, which is found in Crete, and also in Melnos. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The Lydian dynasty seems to have been a trading dynasty of the type of Minos in Crete, with a banking and financial development. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The original population of the larger part of Asia Minor may perhaps have been akin to the original population of Greece and Crete. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This race lived not only in Crete, but in Cyprus, Greece, Asia Minor, Sicily, and South Italy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As a matter of fact, it is a little-known island, hidden, to speak exactly, in the Cretan Sea, between Telos and Crete. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Green legend has it that it was in Crete that D?dalus attempted to make the first flying machine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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