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Turcocretan

Turcocretan noun: a Muslim inhabitant of Crete (until 1923), or one of their descendants.

Noun

Turcocretan (plural Turcocretans)

  1. A Muslim inhabitant of Crete (until 1923), or one of their descendants.
    • The Turcocretans, as Muslims, looked to the Ottoman Empire for protection and were loyal to its institutions.2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 155

Forms of Turcocretan

pluralTurcocretans

Origin of Turcocretan

From Turco- + Cretan, after Greek Τουρκοκρήτες (Tourkokrítes).

Questions about Turcocretan

What does Turcocretan mean?
Turcocretan means a Muslim inhabitant of Crete (until 1923), or one of their descendants.
What part of speech is Turcocretan?
Turcocretan is a noun.
What is the plural of Turcocretan?
The plural of Turcocretan is Turcocretans.

Words near Turcocretan in the dictionary

  1. Turco-
  2. Turco-Albanian
  3. Turco-Albanians
  4. Turco-Mongol
  5. Turcocentric
  6. Turcocretan
  7. Turcocretans
  8. Turcological
  9. Turcologist
  10. Turcologists
  11. Turcology

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