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Crete

geographical name \ˈkrēt\

Definition of CRETE

island Greece in the E Mediterranean ∗ Iráklion area 3189 square miles (8260 square kilometers), pop 536,980
— Cre·tan \ˈkrē-tən\ adjective or noun

Variants of CRETE

Crete or Greek Krí·ti \ˈkrē-tē\ or Italian Can·dia \ˈkan-dē-ə, ˈkän-\
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Rhymes with CRETE

beat, beet, bleat, cheat, cleat, deet, eat, feat, fleet, Geat, gleet, greet, heat, lied, meat, meet, mete, neat, peat, pleat, seat, sheet, skeet, sleet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, weet, wheat

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  1. Crete
  2. Cretan dittany
  3. Crete, Sea of
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