Mi|no|an

Mi|no|an «mih NOH uhn», adjective, noun.

–adj.

of or having to do with the civilization of Crete from about 3500 to 1400 _B.C.: »

Excavations by the local department of antiquities at the site of Eraclea, a city of the Minoan period, have been completed (London Times).

–n.

a native or inhabitant of Minoan Crete: »

The origin of the Minoans…remains in darkness (New Yorker).

╂[< Mino(s) + -an]