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lightland

lightland noun: synonym of Akhet (the region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets).

Noun

lightland (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of Akhet (the region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets)
    • Appearing on his father’s throne,
      Like Re when he rises in lightland,
      He places light above the darkness,
      He lights the shade with his plumes.1976, Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, volume II: The New Kingdom, page 83
    • When you have dawned in eastern lightland, / You fill every land with your beauty.2004, Thomas F. X. Noble, Western Civilization to 1500: The Continuing Experiment, page 28
    Synonyms:
    Akhet

Synonyms of lightland

Origin of lightland

Calque of German Lichtland, itself intended as a rough calque of Egyptian Ax-x*t:N18 (ꜣḫt), on the assumption that it relates to Ax-x:H_SPACE (ꜣḫ, “to be(come) splendid, radiant, glorious”). Apparently first used in English by Miriam Lichtheim (3 May 1914 – 27 March 2004).

Questions about lightland

What does lightland mean?
Lightland means synonym of Akhet (the region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets).
What part of speech is lightland?
Lightland is a noun.

Words near lightland in the dictionary

  1. lighting-up times
  2. lightings
  3. lightish
  4. lightkeeper
  5. lightkeepers
  6. lightland
  7. Lightle
  8. Lightles
  9. lightless
  10. lightlessly
  11. lightlessness

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