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kinglist

kinglist noun: a document, especially a historical one, which lists kings (for example, of Egypt or Sumer).

kinglist: a document, especially a historical one, which lists kings (for example, of Egypt or Sumer)
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Noun

kinglist (plural kinglists)

  1. A document, especially a historical one, which lists kings (for example, of Egypt or Sumer).
    • Most important, the name Nehsy is recorded in the Turin kinglist, where its position made scholars consider it as representing one of the early rulers of the 14th Dynasty (Bietak 1984b; Ryholt 1997: 94-97).2007, Daphna Ben-Tor, Scarabs, Chronology, and Interconnections: Egypt and Palestine in the Second Intermediate Period, Saint-Paul, →ISBN, page 110

Forms of kinglist

pluralkinglists

Origin of kinglist

From king + list.

Questions about kinglist

What does kinglist mean?
Kinglist means a document, especially a historical one, which lists kings (for example, of Egypt or Sumer).
What part of speech is kinglist?
Kinglist is a noun.
What is the plural of kinglist?
The plural of kinglist is kinglists.

Words near kinglist in the dictionary

  1. kinglily
  2. kingliness
  3. kinglinesses
  4. kingling
  5. kinglings
  6. kinglist
  7. kinglists
  8. kingly
  9. Kingma
  10. kingmade
  11. kingmake

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