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Cheops

UK/ˈkiːɒps/US/ˈkiɑːps/

Cheops proper noun: khufu, a pharaoh of Egypt, who ruled in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC) and is renowned as the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Also the alternative letter-case form of CHEOPS.

Proper noun (1)

Cheops

  1. Khufu, a pharaoh of Egypt, who ruled in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC) and is renowned as the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza
    Synonyms:
    Khufu

Proper noun (2) capitalized: CHEOPS

CHEOPS

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite, a planned European space telescope for the study of the formation of extrasolar planets.

Also used as

Cheops is also the alternative letter-case form of CHEOPS.

Cheops meaning in Arabic

Cheops in Arabic

pharaoh
خُوفُو ḵūfū

Synonyms of Cheops

Forms of Cheops

alternative formCheops

Origin of Cheops

Borrowed from Latin Cheops, from Ancient Greek Χέοψ (Khéops), from Egyptian ḫw.f-wj.

Questions about Cheops

What does Cheops mean?
Cheops means khufu, a pharaoh of Egypt, who ruled in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC) and is renowned as the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
What is Cheops in Arabic?
Cheops in Arabic is خُوفُو (ḵūfū). See Cheops meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Cheops?
Cheops is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Cheops?
Cheops is pronounced /ˈkiːɒps/ (UK).

Words near Cheops in the dictionary

  1. Cheongs
  2. cheongsam
  3. cheongsams
  4. Cheons
  5. cheonse
  6. Cheops
  7. Chepachet
  8. Chepang
  9. Chepiga
  10. Chepiha
  11. Chepping Wycombe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Cheops (page history and authors); CHEOPS (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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