LABYRINTH OF MINOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Labyrinth of Minos mean? 

• LABYRINTH OF MINOS (noun)
  The noun LABYRINTH OF MINOS has 1 sense:

1. a vast labyrinth built in Crete by Daedalus at the command of Minos in order to contain the Minotaur

  Familiarity information: LABYRINTH OF MINOS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LABYRINTH OF MINOS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vast labyrinth built in Crete by Daedalus at the command of Minos in order to contain the Minotaur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

labyrinth; maze (complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost)

Holonyms ("Labyrinth of Minos" is a part of...):

Crete; Kriti (the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC)