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Retjenu

Retjenu proper noun: the Pharaonic areas of Canaan and Syria, stretching from the Negev Desert in southern Israel to the Orontes River which flows from central Lebanon to Syria and Turkey. Djahy refers to the area of Retjenu spanning from Ashkelon to Lebanon and Galilee.

Proper noun

Retjenu

  1. The Pharaonic areas of Canaan and Syria, stretching from the Negev Desert in southern Israel to the Orontes River which flows from central Lebanon to Syria and Turkey. Djahy refers to the area of Retjenu spanning from Ashkelon to Lebanon and Galilee.

Origin of Retjenu

Borrowed from Egyptian rṯnw: r:T-n:nw-w-N25

Questions about Retjenu

What does Retjenu mean?
Retjenu means the Pharaonic areas of Canaan and Syria, stretching from the Negev Desert in southern Israel to the Orontes River which flows from central Lebanon to Syria and Turkey. Djahy refers to the area of Retjenu spanning from Ashkelon to Lebanon and Galilee.
What part of speech is Retjenu?
Retjenu is a proper noun.

Words near Retjenu in the dictionary

  1. retitle
  2. retitled
  3. retitles
  4. retitling
  5. retitlings
  6. Retjenu
  7. RETMA
  8. retnr.
  9. retnrs.
  10. retoast
  11. retoasted

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