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noun
Synonym of Akhet (the region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: Egyptology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: Akhet
Antonyms: none provided
History
Calque of German Lichtland, itself intended as a rough calque of Egyptian Ax-x*t:N18 (ꜣḫt), on the assumption that it relates to Ax-x:H_SPACE (ꜣḫ, “to be(come) splendid, radiant, glorious”). Apparently first used in English by Miriam Lichtheim (3 May 1914 – 27 March 2004).
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
