Saïs

[ sey-is ]

noun
  1. an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.

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How to use Saïs in a sentence

  • Séez, in the department of the Orne, is sometimes written Saïs, like the city of the Delta.

    Bouvard and Pcuchet | Gustave Flaubert
  • Saïs was one of the sacred cities of Egypt: its principal deities were Neith, who gave oracles there, and Isis.

  • "Sa-el-Hagar, once ancient Saïs," repeated the Tracer quietly; and the young man looked at him.

    The Tracer of Lost Persons | Robert W. Chambers
  • When, after a stormy week, I was permitted to return to Saïs, my Arabs and the white men were gone.

    The Tracer of Lost Persons | Robert W. Chambers
  • Apries erected numerous stelæ, and at least one pair of obelisks, wherewith he adorned the Temple of Neith at Saïs.

    Ancient Egypt | George Rawlinson

British Dictionary definitions for Saïs

Saïs

/ (ˈseɪɪs) /


noun
  1. (in ancient Egypt) a city in the W Nile delta; the royal capital of the 24th dynasty (about 730–715 bc) and the 26th dynasty (about 664–525 bc)

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