Definition of minoans:
(adj) :
Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age (about 3000-1050 B.C.E.).
(n) :
A person who belonged to the Minoan civilization.
(adj) :
Of or relating to the writing systems (Linear A and Linear B) used in Crete and later in mainland Greece.
(adj) :
Of or relating to the ancient language of the Minoans which died out by the beginning of the 1st millennium B.C.E.
(n) :
The language written in Linear A.