CRETE


Meaning of CRETE in English

Crete /kriːt/ BrE AmE

the largest island belonging to Greece, in the southeast Mediterranean Sea. The important ↑ Minoan ↑ civilization was based on Crete between 3000 BC and 1100 BC.

—Cretan noun , adjective

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.