English Explanatory Dictionary

Bennu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A self-created deity with the form of a bird (in New Kingdom artwork, a heron) that features in the ancient Egyptian creation myth and is also described as the ba (soul) of Ra.
  2. The near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu.

Word forms

Bennu

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian bnw. Doublet of phoenix.

Related words

OSIRIS-REx

Derived words

Bennu bird Bennu heron
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