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"sense": "Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age",
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"sense": "Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age",
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"sense": "Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age",
"word": "minószi"
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"sense": "Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age",
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"sense": "Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age",
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"sense": "Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age",
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"sense": "Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age",
"word": "minoico"
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"sense": "Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age",
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"sense": "Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age",
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"sense": "Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age",
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"code": "th",
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"sense": "Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age",
"word": "ไมนอส"
},
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "minojsʹkyj",
"sense": "Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age",
"word": "мінойський"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age",
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