ꜣḫ-bjt

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜣḫ (papyrus thicket) + bjt(j) (king of Lower Egypt) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘papyrus thicket of the king of Lower Egypt’.

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H_SPACE
M15bitt
niwt

  m./f. topo.

  1. a mythological island, Chemmis, where Horus was said to have been reared in secret, most often identified with a lake site near Buto

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