Sea Peoples
English
Etymology
Calque of Egyptian nꜣ ḫꜣswt nt pꜣ ym (“the peoples/foreigners of the sea”) or nȝ ḫȝt.w n pȝ ym, as written in the Great Karnak Inscription.
Proper noun
Sea Peoples
- (historical) A confederacy of seafaring raiders of unknown nationality, who invaded the eastern Mediterranean at the end of the Bronze Age.
Translations
confederacy of seafaring raiders
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