Minos

[ mahy-nuh s, -nos ]

/ ˈmaɪ nəs, -nɒs /

noun Classical Mythology.

a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.

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Definition for minos (2 of 2)

Miño

[ mee-nyaw ]

/ ˈmi nyɔ /

noun

Minho.

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Examples from the Web for minos

Here Minos cut the speaker short, bidding him enter the gate, and not indulge himself trumpeting forth his virtues.
Henry Fielding: A Memoir|G. M. Godden
The younger Minos was almost as wise as his grandfather; and he was brave and far-seeing and skilled as a ruler of men.
Old Greek Stories|James Baldwin
The judge is not Minos nor Rhadamanthus, but "God the maker is the arbiter."
The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire|T. R. Glover
Minos, the president, the representative of theology, made him a sign to sit down on the form.
The Man Who Laughs|Victor Hugo

The Minos, like the Hipparchus, is a dialogue carried on between Sokrates and a companion not named.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume II (of 4)|George Grote

British Dictionary definitions for minos (1 of 2)

Minos

/ (ˈmaɪnɒs) /

noun

Greek myth a king of Crete for whom Daedalus built the Labyrinth to contain the Minotaur

British Dictionary definitions for minos (2 of 2)

Miño

/ (Spanish ˈmiɲo) /

noun

a river in SW Europe, rising in NW Spain and flowing southwest (as part of the border between Spain and Portugal) to the Atlantic. Length: 338 km (210 miles)Portuguese name: Minho

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