Meroeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Ancient Greek Μερόη (Meróē), from Meroitic 𐦨𐦡𐦷𐦡𐦥𐦢 (medewi /⁠məɾəwi⁠/), 𐦦𐦡𐦷𐦡𐦥𐦢 (bedewi /⁠bəɾəwi⁠/). Possibly related to Old Nubian ⲙⲓⲇⲇ (midd, “to be ready”), hence alert. Alternate forms ⲙⲉⲇⲇ (medd) and ⲙⲉⲣⲁ (mera).

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈmɛɹəweɪ/, /ˈmɛɹoʊweɪ/

固有名詞

Meroe

1. An ancient city on the east bank of the Nile.
   • 1981, Thomas T. Spear, Kenya's past: an introduction to historical method in Africa, →ISBN, page 19:

     The ultimate origins of iron in east Africa, then, must remain conjectural, though a spread from Meroe up the Nile to the Lake Victoria region is the most plausable route at the moment, and Meroic furnaces and tool styles are similar to those in East Africa.

別の表記

• Meroë

関連する語

• Meroic
• Meroite
• Meroitic
• Merotic

参考

• Merowe

参照

• Browne, Gerald M. (1996), Old Nubian Dictionary, University of Virginia: In Aedibus Peeters, →ISBN, page 113

アナグラム

• Moree