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Tell el-Amarna

Tell el-Amarna proper noun: modern site of the ancient city of Akhetaten in Egypt, built by Akhenaten in honor of the Egyptian deity Aten.

Proper noun

Tell el-Amarna

  1. Modern site of the ancient city of Akhetaten in Egypt, built by Akhenaten in honor of the Egyptian deity Aten.

Questions about Tell el-Amarna

What does Tell el-Amarna mean?
Tell el-Amarna means modern site of the ancient city of Akhetaten in Egypt, built by Akhenaten in honor of the Egyptian deity Aten.
What part of speech is Tell el-Amarna?
Tell el-Amarna is a proper noun.

Words near Tell el-Amarna in the dictionary

  1. tell a story
  2. tell against
  3. tell all
  4. tell apart
  5. Tell City
  6. Tell el-Amarna
  7. Tell el-Muqayyar
  8. tell fortunes
  9. tell it like it is
  10. tell it to Sweeney
  11. tell it to the hand

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