English Explanatory Dictionary

Crete

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An island in the Mediterranean, and the largest in Greece.
  2. One of the thirteen regions (peripheries) of Greece, consisting of Chania, Iraklion, Lasithi and Rethymno.
noun
  1. A Cretan.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɹiːt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Crete.wav

Word forms

Crete Cretes

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

Related words

Cretan syncretism Attica Central Greece Central Macedonia East Macedonia and Thrace Epirus Ionian Islands North Aegean Peloponnese South Aegean Thessaly West Greece West Macedonia
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