Shardana

American

[shahr-dah-nuh] / ʃɑrˈdɑ nə /

noun

a member of an ancient people of the eastern Mediterranean who served as mercenaries in the Egyptian army and may have settled in Sardinia and Sicily.

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Shardana

plural

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Shardana

Aqaiush or Achæans, Shardana or Sardinians, Tursha or Tyrsenians appear among them, as well as Leku from Asia Minor, and Zakkur, who a little later are the colleagues and brethren of the Philistines.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

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