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minos

Mi·nos
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mahy-nuh s, -nos]
    • /ˈmaɪ nəs, -nɒs/
    • /mˈiːnəʊz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mahy-nuh s, -nos]
    • /ˈmaɪ nəs, -nɒs/

Definitions of minos word

  • abbreviation MINOS Minho. 1
  • noun minos a king of Crete for whom Daedalus built the Labyrinth to contain the Minotaur 0
  • noun minos a king of Crete, son of Zeus by Europa: after he dies he becomes one of the three judges of the dead in the lower world 0
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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Antonyms for minos

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Related words

  • androgeus

    a son of Minos and Pasiphaë who fell victim to Athenian King Aegeus: in revenge, Minos waged war on the Athenians and forced them to send a tribute of seven maidens and seven youths to the Minotaur every nine years.

  • alcaeus

    7th century bc, Greek lyric poet who wrote hymns, love songs, and political odes

  • ariadne

    daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë: she gave Theseus the thread with which he found his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth

  • daedalus

    an Athenian architect and inventor who built the labyrinth for Minos on Crete and fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus to flee the island

  • europa

    a Phoenician princess who had three children by Zeus in Crete, where he had taken her after assuming the guise of a white bull. Their offspring were Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Sarpedon

  • minotaur

    Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
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