Minoan

Speech parts

1. Minoan - Noun

2. Minoan - Adjective

3. Minoan - Proper noun

Meaning

a Cretan who lived in the bronze-age culture of Crete about 3000-1100 BC

of or relating to or characteristic of the Bronze Age culture of Crete

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

minos culture civilization civilisation Mycenaean Mycenae Menon o-neg

Hypernyms

cretan

Anagrams

amnion Manion

Examples

Western culture from the start has swerved from femaleness. The last western society to worship female powers was Minoan Crete. And significantly, that fell and did not rise again. Camille Paglia

the Minoan palace at Knossos Source: Internet

According to Myres, (pp. 153 ff) the tradition interpreted in the light of evidence furnished by supposed Amazon cults seems to have been very similar and may have even originated in Minoan culture. Source: Internet

An introduction to Minoan Linear A. LINCOM Europa. Source: Internet

A similar belief may be guessed from the Mycenaean Hagia Triada sarcophagus (1400 BC), which combines features of Minoan civilization and Mycenaean style. Source: Internet

Burkert, p. 44. We also find A-ta-no-dju-wa-ja ( KO Za 1 inscription, line 1), in Linear A Minoan ; the final part being regarded as the Linear A Minoan equivalent of the Linear B Mycenaean di-u-ja or di-wi-ja (Diwia, "divine"). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

minny mino mino bird Minoan civilisation Minoan civilization Minoan culture