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Cretan

/ˈkɹiːtən/

Cretan adjective: of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants.

Adjective

Cretan (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants.

Noun

Cretan (plural Cretans)

  1. An inhabitant or a resident of Crete.

Proper noun

Cretan

  1. The dialect of Greek spoken in Crete.

Cretan meaning in Bengali

Cretan in Bengali

ক্রিটের অধিবাসী, বাসিন্দা

Forms of Cretan

Adjective
alternative formCretian
Noun
pluralCretans

Origin of Cretan

From Crete + -an.

Phrases with Cretan

Words that rhyme with Cretan

Questions about Cretan

What does Cretan mean?
Cretan means of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants.
What is Cretan in Bengali?
Cretan in Bengali is ক্রিটের অধিবাসী, বাসিন্দা. See Cretan meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Cretan?
Cretan can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Cretan?
Cretan is pronounced /ˈkɹiːtən/.

Words near Cretan in the dictionary

  1. Cretaceans
  2. cretaceous
  3. cretaceously
  4. Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
  5. Cretacious
  6. Cretan
  7. Cretan dittany
  8. Cretan rockrose
  9. Cretan rockroses
  10. Cretan spikenard
  11. Cretanness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Cretan (page history and authors); Cretan (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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