Etymology

Akhetaten

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Today it means: the capital city newly established and built by the pharaoh Akhenaten, modern-day Amarna, Egypt Full definition →

Egyptian ꜣḫt-jtn
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The story

  1. Egyptian · borrowed fromꜣḫt-jtn
  2. English todayAkhetaten

Borrowed from the Egyptological pronunciation of Egyptian ꜣḫt-jtn Axt:t*pr-i-t:n:ra.

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