Thebaid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A region of ancient Egypt, comprising the thirteen southernmost nomes of Upper Egypt, from Abydos to Aswan.

Word forms

Thebaid the Thebaid Thebais

Etymology

From Latin Thēbais, from Ancient Greek Θηβαΐς (Thēbaḯs).

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