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.

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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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Example Sentences

“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

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

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2016

At one point, Thomas even roasted beans that Le Comptoir's Gary Menes had harvested from a coffee shrub that his mother had brought from Hawaii.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 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

Before the days of Menes, Set was the god of Northern Egypt, Horus of Southern Egypt.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)