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Egyptian blues

Egyptian blues is the plural of Egyptian blue.

Meaning of Egyptian blue

Noun

Egyptian blue (countable and uncountable, plural Egyptian blues)

  1. A light blue pigment made from calcium copper tetrasilicate (“CaCuSi₄O₁₀”), the first artificial pigment, used by Egyptians for over 3 millennia, before dying out during the Roman Empire; one of the few alternates to lapis lazuli during ancient times.

Questions about Egyptian blues

What is Egyptian blues the plural of?
Egyptian blues is the plural of Egyptian blue.

Words near Egyptian blues in the dictionary

  1. Egyptian Arabic
  2. Egyptian Aramaic
  3. Egyptian bean
  4. Egyptian beans
  5. Egyptian blue
  6. Egyptian blues
  7. Egyptian chlorosis
  8. Egyptian clover
  9. Egyptian cobra
  10. Egyptian cobras
  11. Egyptian cotton

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