mr-wr

From mr (“canal, pool”) +‎ wr (“great”).

• (reconstructed Late Egyptian) IPA^(key): /məˈweːɾ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛr wɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: mer-wer

  m./f. topo.

1. the main canal in the Faiyum, connecting Lake Moeris to the Nile
2. the town of Moeris near Crocodilopolis (modern Faiyum), along the northern side of the Moeris canal

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mr-wr  

mr-wr	mr-wr

• → Ancient Greek: Μοῖρις (Moîris), Μῠῆρῐς (Muêris) — 3rd century BCE, Μοῆρῐς (Moêris) — 2nd century BCE onward, Μεῦρῐς (Meûris) — attested once, 228 BCE
  • Greek: Μοίρις (Moíris)
  • → Latin: Moeris
    • → English: Moeris

From mr (“bull”) +‎ wr (“great”).

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Mnevis

Wikipedia

 m

1. (religion) Mnevis, a bull-shaped aspect of the god Atum-Ra venerated in Heliopolis; a living bull was selected as the embodiment of this aspect

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mr-wr  

mr-wr	mr-wr	mr-wr

• Demotic: mr-wr
  • → Ancient Greek: Μνεῦῐς (Mneûis)
    • → Latin: Mnēvis
      • → English: Mnevis
  • Coptic: ⲉⲙⲛⲉⲩⲓ (emneui)

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