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Ramesside

Ramesside adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Ramesside period of ancient Egyptian history, named such after its eleven pharaohs named Ramesses.

Adjective

Ramesside (comparative more Ramesside, superlative most Ramesside)

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Ramesside period of ancient Egyptian history, named such after its eleven pharaohs named Ramesses.
    • Ramesside Egypt
    • Ramesside texts

Noun

Ramesside (plural Ramessides)

  1. Any of these eleven pharaohs.

Forms of Ramesside

Adjective
comparativemore Ramesside
superlativemost Ramesside
alternative formRamessid
Noun
pluralRamessides

Origin of Ramesside

From French Ramesside, from Ramsès (“Ramesses”) + -ide (“-id: forming dynastic names”). Doublet of Ramessid.

Questions about Ramesside

What does Ramesside mean?
Ramesside means of, relating to, or characteristic of the Ramesside period of ancient Egyptian history, named such after its eleven pharaohs named Ramesses.
What part of speech is Ramesside?
Ramesside can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Ramesside in the dictionary

  1. Rameseum
  2. Ramesh
  3. Ramesses
  4. Ramesseum
  5. Ramessid
  6. Ramesside
  7. Ramessides
  8. Ramessids
  9. Rameswaram
  10. ramet
  11. ramets

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