Sea Peoples

English

Etymology

Calque of Egyptian nꜣ ḫꜣswt nt pꜣ ym (“the peoples/foreigners of the sea”), as written in the Great Karnak Inscription.

Proper noun

the Sea Peoples pl (plural only)

(historical) A confederacy of seafaring raiders of unknown nationality, who invaded the eastern Mediterranean at the end of the Bronze Age.

Translations

confederacy of seafaring raiders

Finnish: merikansat pl
Italian: Popoli del mare m pl
Sicilian: Pòpuli dû mari m pl

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