Knossos

[nos-uhs]

noun

1. a ruined city on N central Crete; capital of the ancient Minoan civilization.

Knossos

/ ˈknɒs-, ˈnɒsəs /

noun

1. a ruined city in N central Crete: remains of the Minoan Bronze Age civilization

Other Word Forms

• Knossian adjective

Example Sentences

They will not be visiting the ruins of the Minoan palace of Knossos.

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He stole others from a locked room at the ancient palace of Knossos, a 5-acre archaeological site that was the center of Minoan culture, according to experts.

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Knossos could also acquire shares in firms through private transactions, Ghersi said.

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It begins with a riot of vegetal imagery, sprouting from the darkness against a percussive score as a narrator — her voice provided by a text-to-speech engine — details the recreation of Knossos’s botanical decorations.

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One-third of all Linear B tablets from the palace of Knossos are accountants’ records of sheep and wool, while an inordinate proportion of writing at the palace of Pylos consists of records of flax.

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