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proper nounPtolemies pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyThe Ptolemaic dynasty.
‘The Persians have been gone from Egypt for nigh two thousand years, and since then the Ptolemies, the Romans, and many others have flourished and held sway upon the Nile, and fallen when their time was ripe,’ I said, aghast.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLCSynonyms: Ptolemaeans, Lagids
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proper nounThe Ptolemaic dynasty.
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Ptolemies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ptolemies
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