Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

old kingdom

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables: old k-ing-dom
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Egypt from the start of the 3rd Dynasty to its disintegration into regional states at the end of the 6th Dynasty.

Etymology

Calque of German Altes Reich, eventually displacing Old Empire, an older calque of the same term. Coined in the 1840s as part of a periodization of Ancient Egyptian history into Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.

Inflected Forms

the Old Kingdom (canonical)

Questions

What does old kingdom mean?: Egypt from the start of the 3rd Dynasty to its disintegration into regional states at the end of the 6th Dynasty.
Where does old kingdom come from?: Calque of German Altes Reich, eventually displacing Old Empire, an older calque of the same term. Coined in the 1840s as part of a periodization of Ancient Egyptian history into Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.

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