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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Saïs

When, after a stormy week, I was permitted to return to Saïs, my Arabs and the white men were gone.

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

"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 James Huneker

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 Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani

The family was one of those Libyan families which had long been domiciled at Saïs, and had intermarried with the older Saites, who were predominantly Egyptian.

From Ancient Egypt by George Rawlinson

The Mysteries of Egypt were the glory of that ancient land, and the noblest sons of Greece, such as Plato, went to Saïs and to Thebes to be initiated by Egyptian Teachers of Wisdom.

From Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries by Annie Wood Besant