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

From the summit of the great towers of Bubastis and Saïs the glistening sinuosities of its branches might be discerned for many miles.

From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth

At Thebes he re-erected the portions of the temple of Karnak, which had been thrown down by the Assyrians; at Saïs, Mendes, Heliopolis, and Philæ he undertook extensive works.

From Ancient Egypt by Rawlinson, George

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 Besant, Annie Wood

According to ancient tradition the aborigines of Attica were first civilized under Cecrops who is said to have come hither from Saïs, Egypt, about 1500 B.C.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia

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