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Petrie

[ pee-tree ]
/ ˈpi tri /
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noun
Sir (William Matthew) Flin·ders [flin-derz], /ˈflɪn dərz/, 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
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Petrie
/ (ˈpɛtrɪ) /

noun
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders . 1853–1942, British Egyptologist and archaeologist
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