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Akhetaten

Akhetaten proper noun: the capital city newly established and built by the pharaoh Akhenaten, modern-day Amarna, Egypt.

Proper noun

Akhetaten

  1. the capital city newly established and built by the pharaoh Akhenaten, modern-day Amarna, Egypt

Origin of Akhetaten

Borrowed from the Egyptological pronunciation of Egyptian ꜣḫt-jtn Axt:t*pr-i-t:n:ra.

Questions about Akhetaten

What does Akhetaten mean?
Akhetaten means the capital city newly established and built by the pharaoh Akhenaten, modern-day Amarna, Egypt.
What part of speech is Akhetaten?
Akhetaten is a proper noun.

Words near Akhetaten in the dictionary

  1. Akhbari
  2. Akhbarism
  3. Akheloos
  4. Akhenaten
  5. Akhet
  6. Akhetaten
  7. Akhets
  8. akhi
  9. Akhil
  10. Akhilles
  11. akhirah

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