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Egyptian
Etymology
ẖn (“interior”) + nḫn (“Hierakonpolis”) in a direct genitive construction.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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- Upper Egypt between Aswan and Thebes
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of 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.
