A Cretan is a person from Crete, and Cretan also means “of Crete” — Cretan food, Cretan mountains, a Cretan town. The place itself is Crete: the largest island that belongs to Greece, in the southeast of the Mediterranean Sea.

A Cretan is a person from CreteA Cretan指的是來自Crete克里特島的人， and Cretan also means "of Crete"Cretan也可以表示『屬於Crete的』—— Cretan food, Cretan mountains, a Cretan townCretan food、Cretan mountains、a Cretan town。The place itself is Crete這個地方本身就是Crete： the largest island that belongs to Greece屬於希臘的最大島嶼， in the southeast of the Mediterranean Sea位於地中海東南方。

A very old civilisation called the Minoan civilisation had its heart there from about 3000 BC to about 1100 BC; the palaces and the old stories of the island grow out of that world.

A very old civilisation called the Minoan civilisation一個非常古老、叫做Minoan civilisation米諾斯文明的文明， from about 3000 BC to about 1100 BC大約從西元前3000年到西元前1100年 had its heart there就以這裡為中心； the palaces and the old stories of the island grow out of that world這座島上的宮殿和古老的故事，都是從那個世界裡生長出來的。

So Cretan always points at that island, and at the people and things that come from it — it is not another name for the island. The word is simply Crete plus -an, the same kind of ending as in American or Korean.

So Cretan always points at that island所以Cretan指的一定是那座島， and at the people and things that come from it還有來自那座島的人和東西—— it is not another name for the island它不是這座島的另一個名字。The word is simply Crete plus -an這個字就是Crete加上-an， the same kind of ending as in American or Korean跟American或Korean裡的字尾是同一種類型。

It is a normal, neutral word. Be careful on the page: cretin looks similar but is a completely different, offensive word.

It is a normal, neutral word這是個普通、中性的字。Be careful on the page在書面上要小心： cretin looks similarcretin這個字看起來很像， but is a completely different, offensive word但完全是另一個字，而且是帶有冒犯意味的字。