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View Name: Ahmose


AHMOSE
GENDER: Masculine
PRONOUNCED: AH-mos (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "son of Iah", composed of the name of the Egyptian god IAH combined with the word mes "son" or mesu "be born". This was the name of the first pharaoh of the 18th dynasty. He defeated the Hyksos and drove them from Egypt.



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