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ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲟⲛ

Coptic edit

 
A reconstruction of the extent of various Chinese realms since the Zhou.

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The etymology is unknown. Could be derived from Ancient Greek Μῆδος (Mêdos, “Mede”) or it's Coptic variant ⲁⲙⲁⲇⲁ (amada) in Gen. 10:2. Compare ⲁⲙⲙⲓⲧⲉⲛ (ammiten, “Amida, a town in Eastern Anatolia, modern Diyarbakır”) and ⲁⲙⲙⲓⲧⲟⲛ (ammiton, “Nicomedia”).

Proper noun edit

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ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲟⲛ • (amiton) ?

  1. (Bohairic, Sahidic) China (a country)

References edit

  • Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page 212
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