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Hierakonpolis

Hierakonpolis proper noun: a city of ancient Egypt, the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of Prehistoric Egypt (c. 3200–3100 BC) and probably also during the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3100–2686 BC).

Proper noun

Hierakonpolis

  1. (historical) A city of ancient Egypt, the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of Prehistoric Egypt (c. 3200–3100 BC) and probably also during the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3100–2686 BC).

Forms of Hierakonpolis

alternative formHieraconpolis

Origin of Hierakonpolis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἱεράκων πόλις (Hierákōn pólis, “city of hawks, city of falcons”).

Questions about Hierakonpolis

What does Hierakonpolis mean?
Hierakonpolis means a city of ancient Egypt, the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of Prehistoric Egypt (c. 3200–3100 BC) and probably also during the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3100–2686 BC).
What part of speech is Hierakonpolis?
Hierakonpolis is a proper noun.

Words near Hierakonpolis in the dictionary

  1. Hieracite
  2. Hieracites
  3. Hieraconpolis
  4. hieracosphinx
  5. hieracosphinxes
  6. Hierakonpolis
  7. hierapicra
  8. hierarch
  9. hierarchal
  10. hierarchally
  11. hierarchate

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