What is another term for hieroglyphics?
What is another word for hieroglyphics?hieroglyphssymbolsciphersUSglyphsideogramspicturespictogramspictographs
What is another name for an Egyptian?
Hypernym for Egyptian: theban, nubian, Cairene, copt.
What's a synonym for papyrus?
In this page you can discover 15 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for papyrus, like: paper rush, Egyptian paper reed, stele, manuscript, oxyrhynchus, paper plant, Derveni, hieroglyphic, cuneiform, papyri and ostraca.
What is the opposite of hieroglyphics?
There are no categorical antonyms for this word. However, one could loosely use terms such as, e.g., alphabetic or written in Latin characters as antonyms.
What is the real name of Egypt?
Over the millenniums, Egypt has had many names in many different languages. Today, its official name is Junhuriyah Misr al-Arabiyah, which in English means the Arab Republic of Egypt. Egyptians themselves refer to Egypt as Misr, though this can also be a name for Cairo.
What's a synonym for Pharaoh?
A formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the 'king' in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris. tyrant. despot. dictator. oppressor.
What is a synonym for Osiris?
Other relevant words (noun): netherworld, goddess, deity, ... god.
What is the synonyms of Reed?
In this page you can discover 28 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for reed, like: plant, arrow, grass, stalk, cane, moss, dart, stem, birch, allen and carr.
What's a synonym for subcontinent?
A large continuous area of land, either surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass. landmass. main. mainland. continent.
What does the term hieroglyphs mean?
sacred carvingHieroglyph, meaning “sacred carving,” is a Greek translation of the Egyptian phrase “the god's words,” which was used at the time of the early Greek contacts with Egypt to distinguish the older hieroglyphs from the handwriting of the day (demotic).
What is a hieroglyphic in English?
noun Also: hieroglyph. a picture or symbol representing an object, concept, or sound. a symbol or picture that is difficult to read or decipher.
What is the synonym of icon?
In this page you can discover 26 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for icon, like: idol, figure, symbol, likeness, picture, image, representation, portrait, signifiant, checkbox and command.
How to use hieroglyphics in a sentence
The threatening walls of this tumbledown abode seemed to have been decorated with hieroglyphics.
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Example sentences of the word hieroglyphic
1. Adjective#N#Draw your hieroglyphic design directly onto the surface of the tablet, using the point of the pencil.
2. hieroglyphic
noun. ['ˌhaɪroʊˈglɪfɪk'] a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt.
3. hieroglyphic
noun. ['ˌhaɪroʊˈglɪfɪk'] writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible).
4. hieroglyphic
adjective. ['ˌhaɪroʊˈglɪfɪk'] written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols.
