Saïs

American  

[sey-is] / ˈseɪ ɪs /

noun

1. an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.

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Saïs British  

/ ˈseɪɪs /

noun

1. (in ancient Egypt) a city in the W Nile delta; the royal capital of the 24th dynasty (about 730–715 _bc ) and the 26th dynasty (about 664–525 _bc )

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Example Sentences

"Miss Saïs Bredd," put in the Western girl; "I was named Saïs after my father visited Egypt, but my friends call me Louie."

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James

It is not an imitation; it is a purely original Egyptian structure, shaded first by the palm-trees of Saïs, and later by the pines of the Campus Martius.

From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo

"An inhabitant of Saïs is parading with the spotless shield which I regret to say I have thrown into a thicket."

From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes

Here is the lake of Saïs; here, standing all alone on the plain, are those great monolithic pillars stretching away into perspective—four hundred of them in all—a hundred and nine still upright.

From The Tracer of Lost Persons by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

This historian informs us, that in the city of Saïs, exquisite odours were burnt, in the day-time, at the tomb of this princess; and that during the night, a lamp was kept constantly burning.

From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles