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Ptolemies

Ptolemies proper noun: the Ptolemaic dynasty.

Proper noun

Ptolemies pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The Ptolemaic dynasty.
    • ‘The Persians have been gone from Egypt for nigh two thousand years, and since then the Ptolemies, the Romans, and many others have flourished and held sway upon the Nile, and fallen when their time was ripe,’ I said, aghast.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    Lagids

Synonyms of Ptolemies

Questions about Ptolemies

What does Ptolemies mean?
Ptolemies means the Ptolemaic dynasty.
What part of speech is Ptolemies?
Ptolemies is a proper noun.

Words near Ptolemies in the dictionary

  1. Ptolemaism
  2. Ptolemaist
  3. Ptolemaists
  4. Ptolemean
  5. Ptolemian
  6. Ptolemies
  7. Ptolemy
  8. Ptolemy's theorem
  9. Ptolemæus
  10. ptomain
  11. ptomaine

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