Menes

American  

[mee-neez] / ˈmi niz /

noun

1. flourished c3200 b.c., traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.

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Menes British  

/ ˈmiːniːz /

noun

1. the first king of the first dynasty of Egypt (?3100 _bc ). He is said to have united Upper and Lower Egypt and founded Memphis

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Example Sentences

And in Miami, immigrant rights advocate Francesca Menes couldn’t believe her eyes as she watched images of the asylum seekers being corralled by men on horseback.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2021

Menes said the damage to the 11-year-old Yukon could not be repaired.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2016

When Wes Avila was interviewing for a job at Le Comptoir, Gary Menes' temple of vegetable cookery, Menes asked him what his ultimate career goal was.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2015

True, one of the evening’s most winning performers, the frisky juggler and acrobat David Menes, occasionally comes larking onstage and announces, “Konstantin is dead!,” referring, presumably, to the doomed young playwright in “The Seagull.”

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2012

Northward of the colossi was the sacred lake, said to have been formed by Menes, and now a stagnant pond.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)