Hyksos

Meaning

Noun

  • 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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