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Cypro-Minoan

Cypro-Minoan adjective: being or relating to an undeciphered syllabary used on the island of Cyprus during the late Bronze Age.

Adjective

Cypro-Minoan (not comparable)

  1. Being or relating to an undeciphered syllabary used on the island of Cyprus during the late Bronze Age.

Origin of Cypro-Minoan

From Cypro- + Minoan. Coined by Arthur Evans in 1909 based on the visual similarity to Linear A on Minoan Crete, from which the syllabary is thought to be derived.

Questions about Cypro-Minoan

What does Cypro-Minoan mean?
Cypro-Minoan means being or relating to an undeciphered syllabary used on the island of Cyprus during the late Bronze Age.
What part of speech is Cypro-Minoan?
Cypro-Minoan is an adjective.

Words near Cypro-Minoan in the dictionary

  1. cypripedium
  2. cypripediums
  3. cypris
  4. cypro
  5. Cypro-
  6. Cypro-Minoan
  7. cyproconazole
  8. cyprodenate
  9. cyprodime
  10. cyprodinil
  11. cyprofuram

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