Meroë

American  

[mer-oh-ee] / ˈmɛr oʊˌi /

Or Merowe

noun

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

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Meroë British  

/ ˈmɛrəʊˌiː /

noun

1. an ancient city in N Sudan, on the Nile; capital of a kingdom that flourished from about 700 _bc to about 350 _ad

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Example Sentences

Soprano Meroë Khalia Adeeb delivered a dazzling “Thank You,” and actor-singer Curtis Bannister brimmed with personality in the “Non Credo” trope of the “Credo.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022

For a decade, the Louvre sponsored archaeological excavations in the Nubian Desert of Sudan, and the mission resumes in 2022 at El-Hassa, not far from the pyramids of Meroë.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022

Driving up a road built by Osama bin Laden to find myself the sole visitor to the ancient pyramids of Meroë in Sudan.

From The Guardian • Nov. 17, 2015

Unlike Egyptian cities along the Nile, Meroë enjoyed significant rainfall.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Those who lived above Meroë, admitted the existence of eternal and incorruptible gods, among which they included the sun, moon, and the universe.

From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.