tꜣ-wr

Egyptian

Etymology

tꜣ (“land”) +‎ wr (“great”), thus literally ‘The Great Land’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɑ wɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: ta-wer

Proper noun

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1. Ta-wer, the eighth nome of Upper Egypt, containing the cities of Thinis and Abydos

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 258.