Crete

[ kreet ]

noun

1. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, southeast of mainland Greece. 3,235 sq. mi. (8,380 sq. km). : Canea. Formerly Candia.
2. Sea of Crete, a part of the south Aegean Sea lying between the Cyclades Islands and Crete.

Crete

/ kriːt /

noun

1. 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 nameKríti

Crete

1. Island in southeastern Greece in the Mediterranean Sea .

Notes

One of the world's earliest civilizations, the Minoan civilization, reached its peak in Crete in 1600 b.c.

Crete is the largest of the Greek islands.

In Greek mythology , Crete was Minos's kingdom, where the Minotaur lived at the center of the Labyrinth .

Example Sentences

In Greek mythology, the Minotaur — with the head of a bull and body of a man — was imprisoned at the center of a labyrinth in Crete and ate anyone who couldn’t find their way out.

From Los Angeles Times

“Our wreck suggests a seagoing exchange was conducted west out of Syria and Canaan to southern Cyprus, Crete and other Greek lands.”

From New York Times

The trench, which stretches from southwestern Greece to Crete, is a vital habitat for the Mediterranean’s few hundred sperm whales and other marine mammals already threatened by fishing, ship collisions and plastic pollution.

From Seattle Times

The pickup driver, a 49-year-old man from the city of Crete, was not seriously hurt.

From Seattle Times

On the island of Crete, Powell and Shaun Fein, the Clippers assistant with whom he works most closely, found a tiny gym for a workout.

From Los Angeles Times