PHAESTUS

Meaning of PHAESTUS in English

/fee"steuhs, fes"teuhs/ , n.

Phaistos.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

PHAESTUS — Greek Phaestos, ancient city on the western end of the southern plain of Crete, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from …
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GORTYN — Ancient city, south-central Crete , Greece. Although unimportant in Minoan times, it later displaced Phaestus as the dominant city. It …
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CRETE — Greek Kríti ancient Creta Island (pop., 2001: 601,159) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and an administrative region of Greece. It …
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PHAISTOS — /fuy"steuhs/ , n. an ancient city in S central Crete: site of Minoan palace; Linear A tablets and important pottery …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PALACE — royal residence, and sometimes a seat of government or religious centre. The word is derived from the Palatine Hill in …
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GORTYN — also called Gortyna, ancient Greek city toward the western end of the southern plain (Mesara) of Crete (near modern yioi …
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GORTYN — Ancient city, south-central Crete , Greece. Although unimportant in Minoan times, it later displaced Phaestus as the dominant city. It …
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CRETE — n. Greek Kríti ancient Creta Island (pop., 2001: 601,159) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and an administrative region of Greece. …
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