Meroe

See also: Meroë

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μερόη (Meróē), from Meroitic 𐦨𐦡𐦷𐦡𐦥𐦢 (medewi /⁠məɾəwi⁠/), 𐦦𐦡𐦷𐦡𐦥𐦢 (bedewi /⁠bəɾəwi⁠/). Possibly related to Old Nubian ⲙⲓⲇⲇ (midd, “to be ready”), hence alert. Alternate forms ⲙⲉⲇⲇ (medd) and ⲙⲉⲣⲁ (mera).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɹəweɪ/, /ˈmɛɹoʊweɪ/

Proper noun

Meroe

1. An ancient city on the east bank of the Nile.
   • 1981, Thomas T. Spear, Kenya's past: an introduction to historical method in Africa, →ISBN, page 19:

     The ultimate origins of iron in east Africa, then, must remain conjectural, though a spread from Meroe up the Nile to the Lake Victoria region is the most plausable route at the moment, and Meroic furnaces and tool styles are similar to those in East Africa.

Alternative forms

• Meroë

Related terms

• Meroic
• Meroite
• Meroitic
• Merotic

Translations

ancient city

• Ancient Greek: Μερόη (Meróē)
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Meroitic: 𐦨𐦡𐦷𐦡𐦥𐦢 (medewi /⁠məɾəwi⁠/), 𐦦𐦡𐦷𐦡𐦥𐦢 (bedewi /⁠bəɾəwi⁠/)

See also

• Merowe

References

• Browne, Gerald M. (1996) Old Nubian Dictionary, University of Virginia: In Aedibus Peeters, →ISBN, page 113

Anagrams

• Moree