[ mɪ'nəʊən ]
■ adjective relating to or denoting a Bronze Age civilization centred on Crete ( c. 3000–1050 BC).
■ noun
1》 an inhabitant of ~ Crete.
2》 the language or scripts associated with the ~s.
Origin
named after the legendary Cretan king Minos , to whom a palace excavated at Knossos was attributed.