A mixed group of Asiatic people from Western Asia who took over the eastern Nile Delta, ending the Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt and initiating the Second Intermediate Period.
Origin
From Ancient Greek Ὑκσώς, Ὑξώς, from Egyptian ḥqꜣ-ḫꜣst ("foreign ruler, Hyksos"), from ḥqꜣ + ḫꜣst.
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