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ATON
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Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology
Pronounced: AH-tən (English) [key]
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Means "solar disk" in Egyptian. Aton was an Egyptian god of the sun, depicted as a solar disk with long rays extending downwards. The worship of Aton was especially extensive during the reign of the pharaoh Akhenaton, who proclaimed Aton was the only god. |
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