Canopic

[ kuh-noh-pik, -nop-ik ]

adjective

1. pertaining to Canopus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Canopic¹

1875–80; < Latin Canōpicus of Canopus; -ic

Example Sentences

In the greatest excitement he went out of the house, through the great gate, into the Canopic way, and walked on.

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A woman, of whom she enquired, directed her down a wider street that would take her into the Canopic Way.

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And a few minutes later the old man was making his way to the house in the Canopic street.

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The distance along the coast from the Canopic mouth to Pelusium was about a hundred miles.

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She followed the long road as far as the Canopic Gate, and cast herself upon the ground between two aloes.

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