What does "sea peoples" mean?

A confederacy of seafaring raiders of unknown nationality who invaded the eastern Mediterranean at the end of the Bronze Age.

What is a synonym for "sea peoples"?

Common synonyms include: philistines.

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A confederacy of seafaring raiders of unknown nationality who invaded the eastern Mediterranean at the end of the Bronze Age. historical, plural, plural-only

Calque of Egyptian nꜣ ḫꜣswt nt pꜣ ym (“the peoples/foreigners of the sea”), as written in the Great Karnak Inscription.