MYCENAE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancient city is southern Greece; center of the Mycenaean civilization during the late Bronze Age

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Mycenae" is a part of...):

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)

Derivation:

Mycenaean (of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Mycenae or its inhabitants)

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