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Egyptian
Etymology
ꜣḫt (“Akhet”) + jtn (“Aten”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘Akhet of the Aten’, i.e. the place where the sun rises.
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Proper noun
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- Akhetaten, Amarna: the capital city newly established and built by the pharaoh Akhenaten
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫt-jtn
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