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Menes

American  
[mee-neez] / ˈmi niz /

noun

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


Menes British  
/ ˈmiːniːz /

noun

  1. 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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When she overheard her mother on the phone with family members this week, Menes said she wanted nothing more than to tell them to return to Chile.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2021

Menes wanted to serve his guests personally, from behind a counter.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2017

When Wes Avila was interviewing for a job at Le Comptoir, Gary Menes' temple of vegetable cookery, Menes asked him what his ultimate career goal was.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2015

True, one of the evening’s most winning performers, the frisky juggler and acrobat David Menes, occasionally comes larking onstage and announces, “Konstantin is dead!,” referring, presumably, to the doomed young playwright in “The Seagull.”

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2012

A new life was breathed into the ancient kingdom of Menes, and for the first time in its history Egypt became a great military power.

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

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