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Mendesian

Mendesian adjective: of or relating to a certain one of the seven ancient distributaries of the river Nile.

Adjective

Mendesian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a certain one of the seven ancient distributaries of the river Nile.
    • "His father was one of the Greek mercenaries raised by Hak-Hor, a Mendesian Pharaoh of the twenty-ninth dynasty, and his grandfather or great-grandfather, I believe, was that very Kallikrates mentioned by Herodotus."1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Noun

Mendesian (plural Mendesians)

  1. (historical) A native or inhabitant of the Mendes region of Egypt.

Forms of Mendesian

pluralMendesians

Questions about Mendesian

What does Mendesian mean?
Mendesian means of or relating to a certain one of the seven ancient distributaries of the river Nile.
What part of speech is Mendesian?
Mendesian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Mendesian in the dictionary

  1. menders
  2. Menderson
  3. mendery
  4. Mendes
  5. Mendes da Costa syndrome
  6. Mendesian
  7. Mendesians
  8. mendest
  9. mendeth
  10. Mendez
  11. Mendezes

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