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hyksos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables
hyk-sos
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mixed group of Asiatic people from Western Asia who took over the eastern Nile Delta, ending the Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt and initiating the Second Intermediate Period.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὑκσώς (Huksṓs), Ὑξώς (Huxṓs), from Egyptian ḥqꜣ-ḫꜣst (“foreign ruler, Hyksos”), from ḥqꜣ (“ruler”) + ḫꜣst (“foreign land”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ὑκσώς, ḥqꜣ-ḫꜣst

Inflected Forms

Hycsos (alternative)

Questions

What does hyksos mean?
A mixed group of Asiatic people from Western Asia who took over the eastern Nile Delta, ending the Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt and initiating the Second Intermediate Period.
Where does hyksos come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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