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[ mer-oh-ee ] / ˈmɛr oʊˌi /
nouna ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350. Words nearby Meroëmeroblastic, merocele, merocrine, merocrine gland, merodiastolic, Meroë, merogenesis, merogony, Meroite, meromelia, meromicrosomia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for MeroëThousands of years ago, Meroe was a thriving hub of trade and home to some 25,000 residents. Egypt Ain’t The Only Pyramid Show In Town|Nina Strochlic|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST The pyramids of Meroe await a day when stability will allow outsiders to peek at a forgotten ancient kingdom. Egypt Ain’t The Only Pyramid Show In Town|Nina Strochlic|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST One of his projects resulted in a new road from Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, to the monuments at Meroe. Egypt Ain’t The Only Pyramid Show In Town|Nina Strochlic|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST These were Ethiopians, whose land lay beyond that of Meroe and who had also felt the weight and power of the arms of Egypt. The Cat of Bubastes|G. A. Henty
Syene itself is situated about midway between these places, consequently from thence to Meroe is a distance of 5000 stadia. The Geography of Strabo, Volume I (of 3)|Strabo The people of the country called the place I visited, "Meroe" as likewise the whole territory where these ruins are found. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar|George Bethune English Now Philo, in his account of a voyage by sea to Ethiopia, has given us the clima of Meroe. The Geography of Strabo, Volume I (of 3)|Strabo Diodorus indeed tells us that Cambyses founded the famous city of Meroe, and gave it the name of Meroe after his mother. The History of Antiquity|Max Duncker
British Dictionary definitions for Meroë
nounan ancient city in N Sudan, on the Nile; capital of a kingdom that flourished from about 700 bc to about 350 ad Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |