Definitions for Meroe

Meroe Mer·o·ë

Spelling: [mer-oh-ee]
IPA: /ˈmɛr oʊˌi/

Meroe is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 43 anagrams from letters in Meroe (eemor).

Definitions for Meroe

noun

  1. a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.

Examples for Meroe

The introduction to the annals of Sargon tells us: "Yaman had misjudged my power; he fled to the borders of the land of meroe."

The pyramids of meroe await a day when stability will allow outsiders to peek at a forgotten ancient kingdom.

Napata, meroe, and other places have pyramids which may be counted by dozens.

One of his projects resulted in a new road from Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, to the monuments at meroe.

Among these countries, meroe, with its capital of the same name, was celebrated in the days of Herodotus.

meroe itself, like the Egyptian states, was sacerdotal, with a king at its head.

Thousands of years ago, meroe was a thriving hub of trade and home to some 25,000 residents.

The presumption is that they represent the old sepulchers of the kings of meroe.

A new capital, Dongola, replaced Nepata and meroe, and by the twelfth century churches and brick dwellings had appeared.

Asti answered, from the city of meroe, adding that they were singers and dealers in pearls.

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