The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἹεράκων πόλις“city of hawks, city of falcons”
- English todayHierakonpolis
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἱεράκων πόλις (Hierákōn pólis, “city of hawks, city of falcons”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hierakonpolis
Today it means: 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). Full definition →
Ancient Greek Ἱεράκων πόλις