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Definition of Cretan in English: Cretanadjective ˈkriːtnˈkritn Relating to or characteristic of the Greek island of Crete or its inhabitants. Example sentencesExamples - Cretan music has a long tradition and is played on a fixed-instrumentation lyra and two lutes.
- There is nothing I like more than to enjoy Greek salad with local Cretan wine by the small canal which separates the bay from the rest of the world.
- There are many unspoiled Cretan villages where property prices are still exceedingly low.
- The cuisine at the hotel is pure Cretan and all homemade.
- It was going to be another beautiful Cretan day.
noun ˈkriːtnˈkritn A native or inhabitant of the Greek island of Crete. on the road he meets a Cretan Example sentencesExamples - The early Cretans were Indo-European in race, language and culture.
- My father was Greek, a Cretan, though he left Crete young.
- It was three years since I had last stayed with Lambros, but Cretans don't forget their friends.
- The Cretans almost always give you a drink on the house at the start or end of a meal.
- Is it salmon, not sardines, that keeps those famously long-lived Cretans healthy?
Rhymes beaten, Beaton, Beeton, Keaton, neaten, Nuneaton, overeaten, sweeten, uneaten, wheaten Definition of Cretan in US English: Cretanadjectiveˈkritnˈkrētn Relating to or characteristic of the Greek island of Crete or its inhabitants. Example sentencesExamples - The cuisine at the hotel is pure Cretan and all homemade.
- There is nothing I like more than to enjoy Greek salad with local Cretan wine by the small canal which separates the bay from the rest of the world.
- It was going to be another beautiful Cretan day.
- There are many unspoiled Cretan villages where property prices are still exceedingly low.
- Cretan music has a long tradition and is played on a fixed-instrumentation lyra and two lutes.
nounˈkritnˈkrētn A native or inhabitant of the Greek island of Crete. on the road he meets a Cretan Example sentencesExamples - The early Cretans were Indo-European in race, language and culture.
- Is it salmon, not sardines, that keeps those famously long-lived Cretans healthy?
- My father was Greek, a Cretan, though he left Crete young.
- The Cretans almost always give you a drink on the house at the start or end of a meal.
- It was three years since I had last stayed with Lambros, but Cretans don't forget their friends.
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