Achaemenes

//əˈkɛməniːz// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The founder of the Achaemenid dynasty.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Achaemenes, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (Haxāmaniš). Doublet of Hakhamanish and Hakhamanesh.

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