Sea Peoples

English

Etymology

Calque of Egyptian nꜣ ḫꜣs.wt n.t pꜣ ym (“the peoples/foreigners of the sea”), as written in the Great Karnak Inscription.

Proper noun

Sea Peoples

1. (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

• Finnish: merikansat pl
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