Meroë

or Mer·o·we

[ mer-oh-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.

Meroë

/ ˈmɛrəʊˌiː /

an ancient city in N Sudan, on the Nile; capital of a kingdom that flourished from about 700 bc to about 350 ad

Albinik the mariner, together with his wife Meroë left the camp towards sunset, bent on an errand of many days' march.

Meroë, let me finish alone this trip and this enterprise, beside which a desperate fight would be but a trifle.

One of them went up to the couple, brusquely shoved Albinik back, and took Meroë by the hand.

So desperate was the resolution depicted on Meroë's face that the Roman general for an instant remained motionless.

Then bowing respectfully to Meroë, and saluting Albinik with a friendly gesture, he slowly and majestically left the tent.

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