thebes
/θiːbz/
thebes is the plural of thebe.
Meaning of thebe
Noun
thebe (plural thebe or thebes)
Proper noun capitalized: Thebes
Thebes
- A city in central Greece, the capital city of Boeotia and an important political centre in antiquity.
- An ancient city and archaeological site in Upper Egypt, having functioned as capital city at times during the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom.
Forms of thebes
| alternative form (dated) | Thêbes |
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Origin of thebes
From Ancient Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai), from two different sources. The name of the Greek city is further derived from Ionic-Attic Θήβη (Thḗbē), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀳𐀣 (te-qa /Tʰēgʷā/), from Proto-Hellenic *Tʰēgʷā, while the name of the Egyptian city is from Egyptian Demotic Egyptian tꜣ-jpy (“Thebes”, literally “the temple”), from earlier Egyptian tꜣ (“the”) + i-p:t-O45 (jpt, “Luxor”, literally “inner sanctum”).
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Words that rhyme with thebes
Questions about thebes
- What does thebes mean?
- Thebes means a city in central Greece, the capital city of Boeotia and an important political centre in antiquity.
- What is thebes the plural of?
- Thebes is the plural of thebe.
- What part of speech is thebes?
- Thebes is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce thebes?
- Thebes is pronounced /θiːbz/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: thebes (page history and authors); Thebes (page history and authors); thebe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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