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Meroë

American  
[mer-oh-ee] / ˈmɛr oʊˌi /
Or Merowe

noun

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


Meroë British  
/ ˈmɛrəʊˌiː /

noun

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

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Soprano Meroë Khalia Adeeb delivered a dazzling “Thank You,” and actor-singer Curtis Bannister brimmed with personality in the “Non Credo” trope of the “Credo.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022

For a decade, the Louvre sponsored archaeological excavations in the Nubian Desert of Sudan, and the mission resumes in 2022 at El-Hassa, not far from the pyramids of Meroë.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022

Driving up a road built by Osama bin Laden to find myself the sole visitor to the ancient pyramids of Meroë in Sudan.

From The Guardian • Nov. 17, 2015

Aside from Egypt and Meroë, Aksum was the only ancient African kingdom known to have developed a written language.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Meroë told in turn what had occurred to her.

From The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death by De Leon, Solon

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