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Et•e•o•cre•tan
(et′ē ō krēt′n, ē′tē-),USA pronunciation adj.
- Antiquity, Linguisticsnoting or pertaining to certain inscriptions found on Crete, written in an early form of the Greek alphabet.
- Greek Eteókrēt(es) true Cretans (ete(ós) true, genuine + -o- -o- + Krēt-, stem of Krēs Cretan + -es, plural of -ēs adjective, adjectival suffix) + -an, after Cretan
- 1890–95