Abydos

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄβυδος (Ábudos), from Egyptian ꜣbḏw:

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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbaɪ.dɑs/, /əˈbaɪ.dəs/, /ˈæb.ɪˌdɑs/
• Rhymes: -aɪdəs, -aɪdɑs

Proper noun

Abydos

1. An ancient city in Egypt with archaeological interest.
2. An ancient city of Mysia in northwest Asia Minor in modern Turkey, on the Hellespont.

Translations

ancient city in Egypt

• Arabic: أبيدوس

  Egyptian Arabic: ابيدوس

• Armenian: Աբիդոս (hy) (Abidos)
• Basque: Abidos
• Belarusian: А́бідас (Ábidas)
• Bulgarian: Абидос (Abidos), Абду (Abdu)
• Catalan: Abidos
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿拜多斯

• Coptic: ⲁⲃⲱⲧ (abōt), ⲉⲃⲱⲧ (ebōt)
• Egyptian: (ꜣbḏw f)
• Esperanto: Abidozo
• Finnish: Abydos
• Galician: Abidos
• Georgian: აბიდოსი (abidosi)
• Greek: Άβυδος (Ávydos)

  Ancient: Ἄβυδος f (Ábudos)

• Hebrew: אבידוס
• Hungarian: Abüdosz
• Icelandic: Abýdos
• Italian: Abido
• Japanese: アビドス
• Korean: 아비도스 (abidoseu)
• Latin: Abȳdus f
• Lithuanian: Abydosas, Abidas
• Malayalam: അബിഡോസ് (abiḍōsŭ)
• Occitan: Abidòs
• Persian: ابیدوس
• Portuguese: Abidos f
• Russian: А́бидос (ru) m (Ábidos)
• Slovene: Abidos
• Spanish: Abidos
• Tajik: Абидос (Abidos)
• Turkish: Abidos
• Ukrainian: Абідо́с m (Abidós)
• Urdu: ابیدوس

References

• William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “Abydos”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 6.
• Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 7