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Sea Peoples

Sea Peoples proper noun: a confederacy of seafaring raiders of unknown nationality who invaded the eastern Mediterranean at the end of the Bronze Age.

Proper noun

the Sea Peoples pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) A confederacy of seafaring raiders of unknown nationality who invaded the eastern Mediterranean at the end of the Bronze Age.

Sea Peoples meaning in Indonesian

Sea Peoples in Indonesian

confederacy of seafaring raiders
Bangsa Laut

Origin of Sea Peoples

Calque of Egyptian nꜣ ḫꜣswt nt pꜣ ym (“the peoples/foreigners of the sea”), as written in the Great Karnak Inscription.

Questions about Sea Peoples

What does Sea Peoples mean?
Sea Peoples means a confederacy of seafaring raiders of unknown nationality who invaded the eastern Mediterranean at the end of the Bronze Age.
What is Sea Peoples in Indonesian?
Sea Peoples in Indonesian is Bangsa Laut. See Sea Peoples meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is Sea Peoples?
Sea Peoples is a proper noun.

Words near Sea Peoples in the dictionary

  1. sea pear
  2. sea pears
  3. sea peas
  4. sea pen
  5. sea pens
  6. Sea Peoples
  7. sea perch
  8. sea perches
  9. sea pheasant
  10. sea pheasants
  11. sea pickle

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