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Hyksos

Hyk·sos [ híksōss ] (plural Hyk·sos)


noun 
Definition:
 
member of ancient nomadic people: a member of an ancient nomadic people from western Asia, probably of Semitic ancestry, who conquered and ruled Egypt between 1720 bc and 1560 bc

[Early 17th century. Via Greek Huksōs< Egyptian heqa khoswe "foreign rulers"]

Hyk·sos adjective
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