Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kemet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
kemet
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian kmt (“Egypt”): km-m-t:O49, ultimately from Egyptian km (“black”), referring to the fertile black soil of the Nile Delta.

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Questions

What does kemet mean?
Synonym of Ancient Egypt.
Where does kemet come from?
It is traced to Egyptian.

How to pronounce kemet

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