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Wadi Hammamat

Wadi Hammamat proper noun: the modern name for Ro-Henu, currently a dry river bed between the Red Sea and the Nile; in ancient times the first leg of Ancient Egypt's Mu-qed route (a pilgrimage and maritime trade route) to ancient Punt (Horn of Africa's northern coast).

Proper noun

Wadi Hammamat

  1. The modern name for Ro-Henu, currently a dry river bed between the Red Sea and the Nile; in ancient times the first leg of Ancient Egypt's Mu-qed route (a pilgrimage and maritime trade route) to ancient Punt (Horn of Africa's northern coast).

Origin of Wadi Hammamat

* Arabic: "Valley of many baths"

Questions about Wadi Hammamat

What does Wadi Hammamat mean?
Wadi Hammamat means the modern name for Ro-Henu, currently a dry river bed between the Red Sea and the Nile; in ancient times the first leg of Ancient Egypt's Mu-qed route (a pilgrimage and maritime trade route) to ancient Punt (Horn of Africa's northern coast).
What part of speech is Wadi Hammamat?
Wadi Hammamat is a proper noun.

Words near Wadi Hammamat in the dictionary

  1. Wadhwanis
  2. Wadhwas
  3. wadi
  4. Wadi Gaza
  5. Wadi Halfa
  6. Wadi Hammamat
  7. wadies
  8. wading
  9. wading bird
  10. wading birds
  11. wading in

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