name
Meaning 1
An island in the Mediterranean, and the largest in Greece.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Crete
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Pronunciation
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name
Meaning 2
One of the thirteen regions (peripheries) of Greece, consisting of Chania, Iraklion, Lasithi and Rethymno.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A Cretan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 4
the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Kriti
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: island
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).
Across languages
Translations
81 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: Kretë — island
- Albanian: Kreta — island
- Arabic: كِرِيت (kirīt) — island
- Arabic: إِقْرِيطْش (ʔiqrīṭš) — island
- Arabic: كريت (kerīt) — island
- Arabic: كريت (krīt) — island
- Armenian: Կրետե (Krete) — island
- Old Armenian: Կրետէ (Kretē) — island
- Aromanian: Crete — island
- Aromanian: Creta — island
- Basque: Kreta — island
- Belarusian: Крыт (Kryt) — island
- Bulgarian: Крит (Krit) — island
- Catalan: Creta — island
- Cherokee: ᏟᏗᏱ (tlidiyi) — island
- Cherokee: ᏝᏞᏖ (tlatlete) — island
- Cherokee: ᏟᏗ (tlidi) — island
- Chinese Mandarin: 克里特島 (Kèlǐtedǎo) — island
- Chinese Mandarin: 革哩底 (Gélǐdǐ) — island
- Corsican: Creta — island
- Czech: Kréta — island
- Danish: Kreta — island
- Dutch: Kreta — island
- Egyptian: k:f-G4-N25 (kftjw) — island
- Esperanto: Kreto — island
- Estonian: Kreeta — island
- Farefare: Kereta — island
- Finnish: Kreeta — island
- French: Crète — island
- West-Frisian: Kreta — island
- Friulian: Crete — island
- Galician: Creta — island
- Georgian: კრეტა (ḳreṭa) — island
- German: Kreta — island
- Greek: Κρήτη (Kríti) — island
- Ancient Greek: Κρήτη (Krḗtē) — island
- Hebrew: כְּרֵתִים (kretím) — island
- Hebrew: כַּפְתּוֹר (kaftór) — island
- Hindi: क्रीट (krīṭ) — island
- Hungarian: Kréta — island
- Icelandic: Krít — island
- Irish: an Chréit — island
- Italian: Creta — island
- Japanese: クレタ島 (Kureta-tō) — island
- Kazakh: Крит (Krit) — island
- Korean: 크레타 (keureta) — island
- Lao: ກະເຣເຕ (ka rē tē) — island
- Lao: ກະແລັດ (ka læt) — island
- Latin: Creta — island
- Latvian: Krēta — island
- Lithuanian: Kreta — island
- Macedonian: Крит (Krit) — island
- Maltese: Kreta — island
- Norman: Crête — island
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kreta — island
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Kreta — island
- Old Norse: Krít — island
- Persian: کرت (keret) — island
- Persian: اقریطس (eqritos) — island
- Polish: Kreta — island
- Portuguese: Creta — island
- Romanian: Creta — island
- Russian: Крит (Krit) — island
- Sardinian: Creta — island
- Scots: Crete — island
- Serbo-Croatian: Крета — island
- Serbo-Croatian: Крит — island
- Serbo-Croatian: Kreta — island
- Serbo-Croatian: Krit — island
- Shan: ၵရေႇတေႇ (kǎ rèe tèe) — island
- Sicilian: Crita — island
- Sicilian: Creta — island
- Slovak: Kréta — island
- Slovene: Kréta — island
- Spanish: Creta — island
- Swedish: Kreta — island
- Thai: ครีต (krîit) — island
- Northern Thai: ᨣᩕᩦ᩠ᨲ — island
- Turkish: Girit — island
- Ottoman Turkish: كرید (girid) — island
- Ukrainian: Крит (Kryt) — island
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