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SAKKARA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sakkara mean?
• SAKKARA (noun)
The noun SAKKARA has 1 sense:
1. a town in northern Egypt; site of the oldest Egyptian pyramids
Familiarity information: SAKKARA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A town in northern Egypt; site of the oldest Egyptian pyramids
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Sakkara" is a part of...):
Arab Republic of Egypt; Egypt; United Arab Republic (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC)
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