ẖn-nḫn

Egyptian

Etymology

ẖn (“interior”) +‎ nḫn (“Hierakonpolis”) in a direct genitive construction.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /çɛn nɛxɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: khen-nekhen

Proper noun

 m

1. Upper Egypt between Aswan and Thebes

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ẖn-nḫn  

ẖn-nḫn

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 184.