English Explanatory Dictionary

Hierakonpolis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city of ancient Egypt, the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of Prehistoric Egypt (c. 3200–3100 BC) and probably also during the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3100–2686 BC).

Word forms

Hierakonpolis Hieraconpolis

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἱεράκων πόλις (Hierákōn pólis, “city of hawks, city of falcons”).

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