Etymology

Wadi Hammamat

Today it means: The modern name for Ro-Henu, currently a dry river bed between the Red Sea and the Nile; in ancient times the first leg of Ancient Egypt's Mu-qed route (a pilgrimage and maritime trade route) to ancient Punt (Horn of Africa's northern coast). Full definition →

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* Arabic: "Valley of many baths"

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.