Cheops

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Khufu, a pharaoh of Egypt, who ruled in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC) and is renowned as the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of CHEOPS.
name
  1. Initialism of CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite, a planned European space telescope for the study of the formation of extrasolar planets.

Pronunciation

/ˈkiːɒps/ /ˈkiɑːps/

Word forms

Cheops

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cheops, from Ancient Greek Χέοψ (Khéops), from Egyptian ḫw.f-wj.

Synonyms

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