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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Θίνις (Thínis), itself from Egyptian ṯnj.
Proper noun
Thinis f sg (genitive Thinis); third declension
- A town of Thebaid and capital of the first dynasties of Egypt
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.
References
- Thinites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.