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–noun

1.	Formerly, Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 456,642; 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.

2.	Sea of, a part of the S Aegean Sea lying between the Cyclades Islands and 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 B.C. Crete subsequently fell to the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Venetians, and Ottoman Turks. The islanders proclaimed their union with modern Greece in 1908.

Cre'tan adj. & n.

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Crete, Sea of
A section of the southern Aegean Sea between Crete and the Cyclades Islands.

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

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Crete

Island in southeastern Greece in the Mediterranean Sea.

Note: Crete is the largest of the Greek islands.

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

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

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Crete, IL (village, FIPS 17523) Location: 41.45319 N, 87.61509 W
Population (1990): 6773 (2505 housing units)
Area: 12.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 60417

Crete, ND Zip code(s): 58040

Crete, NE (city, FIPS 11370) Location: 40.62564 N, 96.95830 W
Population (1990): 4841 (1865 housing units)
Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68333

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Crete

Crete\ (kr[=e]t), n. [L. Cres, Cretis.] A Cretan

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