Cretan
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Cretan
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What the viewers of Titian’s time would have known is that the painting depicts the mythical moment in which the Phoenician and Cretan civilizations began to conjoin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
She loved Thalori, a compound of traditional guesthouses set in a village in the Cretan mountains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Albolineata, sometimes called Cretan brake fern, ribbon fern, or table fern, which is a common houseplant native to Europe, Asia, and Africa.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 16, 2023
Jeff Cretan, her spokesman, said the mayor is focused on her Dream Keeper Initiative, a grant program established in 2020 that he said “is putting money in the African American community right now.”
From New York Times ● May 16, 2023
Spirits began to appear around Minos—shimmering forms that slowly multiplied, solidifying into Cretan soldiers.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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