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White Wall

White Wall proper noun: memphis, Egypt or its central fortress.

Proper noun

White Wall

  1. (rare) Memphis, Egypt or its central fortress
    • Thoſe who eſcaped fled to Memphis, whither the conquerors purſued them, and immediately made themſelves maſters of two quarters or diviſions of the city: but the Perſians having fortified themſelves in the third, called the white wall, which was the largeſt and the ſtrongest of the three; they were...1735, Charles Rollin, The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, volume III, pages 250–251
    • I will make an offering unto Ptaḥ and the gods who are within White Wall, I will perform all the ceremonies appertaining to Seker in the secret sanctuary, I will look upon the god who is on his southern wall (i.e. Ptaḥ), and then I will sail on down the river in peace.1907, Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge, transl., The Egyptian Sûdân: Its History and Monuments, volume 2, page 19

Origin of White Wall

Calque of Ancient Greek Λευκὸν τεῖχος (Leukòn teîkhos), itself calqued from Egyptian jnb-ḥḏ. Some of the modern uses are likely to be directly calqued from Egyptian.

Questions about White Wall

What does White Wall mean?
White Wall means memphis, Egypt or its central fortress.
What part of speech is White Wall?
White Wall is a proper noun.

Words near White Wall in the dictionary

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  3. white vitriol
  4. white wagtail
  5. white wagtails
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  7. white walnut
  8. white walnuts
  9. white water
  10. white water lilies
  11. white water lily

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