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Cretan
see synonyms of cretanNoun
1. cretan
a native or inhabitant of Crete
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Cretan
see synonyms of cretanadjective
1.
of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants
noun
2.
a native or inhabitant of Crete
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Cretan
see synonyms of cretan An island of southeast Greece in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its Minoan civilization, centered at the city of Knossos on the northern coast, was one of the earliest in the world and reached the height of its wealth and power c. 1600 BC. Crete subsequently fell to the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Venetians, and Ottoman Turks. The islanders proclaimed their union with modern Greece in 1908.
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