CRETE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Crete mean? 

• CRETE (noun)
  The noun CRETE has 1 sense:

1. the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC

  Familiarity information: CRETE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRETE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Crete; Kriti

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Crete"):

Labyrinth of Minos (a vast labyrinth built in Crete by Daedalus at the command of Minos in order to contain the Minotaur)

Meronyms (members of "Crete"):

Cretan (a native or inhabitant of Crete)

Holonyms ("Crete" is a part of...):

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)

Mediterranean; Mediterranean Sea (the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia)