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Knossos

American  
[nos-uhs] / ˈnɒs əs /

noun

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


Knossos British  
/ ˈknɒs-, ˈnɒsəs /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024

Knossos was rebuilt, and scribes there began employing a new script scholars call Linear B, apparently derived from Linear A and found to be an early form of Greek.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

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.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2022

Knossos palace, built 3,700 years ago on the island of Crete in the Mediterranean, had some of the first flush toilets.

From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2016

Well, he got me out of town by a route which, if I could have remembered it, let alone followed it, would have made the path into the Labyrinth at Knossos seem like a throughway.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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