Cheops
Meanings
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- 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
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- Alternative letter-case form of CHEOPS.
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- Initialism of CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite, a planned European space telescope for the study of the formation of extrasolar planets.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Cheops, from Ancient Greek Χέοψ (Khéops), from Egyptian ḫw.f-wj.
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