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PHARAOH OF EGYPT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The title of the ancient Egyptian kings

Synonyms:

Pharaoh; Pharaoh of Egypt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Pharaoh of Egypt" is a kind of...):

ruler; swayer (a person who rules or commands)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Pharaoh of Egypt"):

Cheops; Khufu (Egyptian Pharaoh of the 27th century BC who commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza)

Instance hyponyms:

Tutankhamen (Pharaoh of Egypt around 1358 BC; his tomb was discovered almost intact by Howard Carter in 1922)

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