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praenomen

noun

Meaning

  1. An ancient Roman first name.
  2. The throne name of a pharaoh, the fourth of the five names of the royal titulary, traditionally encircled by a cartouche and preceded by the title nswt-bjtj.
  3. The genus name put before the species name.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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