Cheops

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • a pharaoh of Egypt, who ruled in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC) and is renowned as the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza

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Origin

  • Borrowed from Latin Cheops, from Ancient Greek Χέοψ, from Egyptian ḫw.f-wj.

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