"Elephantine" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|Ἐλεφαντίνη}} Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Elephantine (not comparable)
  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Elephantine or the Elephantine people. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: Elephantine papyri Translations (of, from, or pretaining to the island): إِلْفَنْتِينِيّ (ʔilfantīniyy) [feminine] (Arabic), فنتيني (fantīnī) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic)
    Sense id: en-Elephantine-en-adj-TdTF-ooM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 91 9

Proper name

Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|Ἐλεφαντίνη}} Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Elephantine
  1. An island in the river Nile, and the ancient city that occupied it. Translations (an island): Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Ἰηβ (Iēb) (Ancient Greek), إِلْفَنْتِين (ʔilfantīn) [feminine] (Arabic), جزيرة الفنتين (Gazīrat il-Fantīn) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), יב (Aramaic), 象岛 (Chinese Mandarin), ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb) (Coptic), Ab-b-W-W6:N25 (ꜣbw) [feminine] (Egyptian), יב (yev) (Hebrew), Elephantīnē [feminine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-Elephantine-en-name-jIobcUN5

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