Definitions for "minoan"
Keywords:  crete, palace, knossos, bronze, cretan
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; "the Minoan palace at Knossos"
a flourishing and vibrant culture on Crete around 1650 B.C., named after King Minos. The symbol of their culture was the palace and its surrounding buildings, the most important one being Cnossus. (p. 56)