Mendesian

adj, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A native or inhabitant of the Mendes region of Egypt. historical
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to a certain one of the seven ancient distributaries of the river Nile. not-comparable

    ""His father was one of the Greek mercenaries raised by Hak-Hor, a Mendesian Pharaoh of the twenty-ninth dynasty, and his grandfather or great-grandfather, I believe, was that very Kallikrates mentioned by Herodotus.""

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""His father was one of the Greek mercenaries raised by Hak-Hor, a Mendesian Pharaoh of the twenty-ninth dynasty, and his grandfather or great-grandfather, I believe, was that very Kallikrates mentioned by Herodotus.""

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