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Aten

British  
/ ˈɑːtən /

noun

  1. (in ancient Egypt) the solar disc worshipped as the sole god in the reign of Akhenaten

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The board this week ultimately approved the lot merger with a 4-1 vote, combining several parcels of land on the corner of Clark and Aten roads where the proposed center would be built.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026

But Mr. Aten did agree with the inspector general’s recommendation that a broader feedback program is needed, calling it “a high-priority initiative.”

From Washington Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

Akhenaten showed his devotion to Aten by moving Egypt’s capital from Thebes to a new city he had built on an uninhabited piece of land near the Nile.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 4, 2022

The 18th-dynasty pharaoh rejected Amun, Osiris and Egypt’s traditional gods in favor of a single disembodied creator-essence, Aten, or the sun disk.

From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2022

O mighty Aten," he cried, turning to the idol, "thou hast heard our Pharaoh.

From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various

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