wꜣḏ-wr

Egyptian

Etymology

wꜣḏ (“green”) +‎ wr (“great”), thus literally ‘The Great Green’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɑd͡ʒ wɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: wadj-wer

Proper noun

m

the Sea, encompassing both the Red and Mediterranean Seas

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 146

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