Knossos
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Knos·sos 
[nos-uhs] Pronunciation Key
[nos-uhs] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a ruined city on N central Crete; capital of the ancient Minoan civilization. |
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| Knos·sos also Cnos·sos or Cnos·sus
(nŏs'əs) Pronunciation Key
An ancient city of northern Crete near present-day Iráklion. The center of a Bronze Age culture that probably flourished from c. 2000 to 1400 B.C., it is the traditional site of the labyrinth of Daedalus and the palace of King Minos. |
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| knossos | |
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| an ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC |
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