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LINEAR A
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Linear A mean?
• LINEAR A (noun)
The noun LINEAR A has 1 sense:
1. an undeciphered writing system used in Crete in the 17th century B.C.
Familiarity information: LINEAR A used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An undeciphered writing system used in Crete in the 17th century B.C.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
orthography; writing system (a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols)
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