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Crete

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Noun

1. crete, kriti

the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC

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Crete

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noun
a mountainous island in the E Mediterranean, the largest island of Greece: of archaeological importance for the ruins of Minoan civilization. Pop: 601 131 (2001). Area: 8331 sq km (3216 sq miles)
. Modern Greek name: Kríti

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Crete

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1. 
Greek island in the E Mediterranean: 3,219 sq mi (8,337 sq km); pop. 540,000; cap. Iraklion
see also Krete, modern Gr. name Kríti
2. 
Sea ofS section of the Aegean Sea, between Crete and the Cyclades

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Crete

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An island of southeast Greece in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its Minoan civilization, centered at the city of Knossos on the northern coast, was one of the earliest in the world and reached the height of its wealth and power c. 1600 BC. Crete subsequently fell to the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Venetians, and Ottoman Turks. The islanders proclaimed their union with modern Greece in 1908.
A section of the southern Aegean Sea between Crete and the Cyclades Islands.

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