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Menes

American

[mee-neez] / ˈmi niz /

noun

flourished c3200 b.c., traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.

Menes British

/ ˈmiːniːz /

noun

the first king of the first dynasty of Egypt (?3100 _bc ). He is said to have united Upper and Lower Egypt and founded Memphis

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Gill has dedicated it to her childhood dance teacher, Rose-Marie Menes, who danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and died in 2021.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2023

“My family is under that bridge,” Menes said, referring to a cousin, his wife and their newborn who recently met up in a small border town in Texas.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2021

Gary Menes of Le Comptoir in Koreatown turned the front, back and side yards at his mother's Long Beach house into a garden last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2018

Menes said the damage to the 11-year-old Yukon could not be repaired.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2016

Herodotos went to the pyramids of Gizeh by water, across the lake on the western side of the city, which he states had been made by Menes, and then along a canal.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

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