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Nekhbet

Nekhbet proper noun: an early predynastic local Egyptian goddess, depicted as a vulture, who was the patron of the city of Nekheb.

nekhbet: an early predynastic local Egyptian goddess, depicted as a vulture, who was the patron of the city...
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Proper noun

Nekhbet

  1. An early predynastic local Egyptian goddess, depicted as a vulture, who was the patron of the city of Nekheb.

Questions about Nekhbet

What does Nekhbet mean?
Nekhbet means an early predynastic local Egyptian goddess, depicted as a vulture, who was the patron of the city of Nekheb.
What part of speech is Nekhbet?
Nekhbet is a proper noun.

Words near Nekhbet in the dictionary

  1. Nejd
  2. Nejdi
  3. Nejdis
  4. NEJM
  5. nek
  6. Nekhbet
  7. Nekimi
  8. Nekkar
  9. nekketsu
  10. nekkid
  11. neknominate

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