"Meroitic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Meroite + -ic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Meroite|ic}} Meroite + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Meroitic (not comparable)
  1. Describing the language once used in Meroë, or the script, related to hieroglyphs, in which it was written. Tags: not-comparable Translations (describing the language once used in Meroë): méroïtique (French), Meroitisch (German), meroitico (Italian), Meroitsch [German-Low-German] (Low German)
    Sense id: en-Meroitic-en-adj-FJ1zXvvl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 45 40 2 13 Disambiguation of 'describing the language once used in Meroë': 82 18
  2. Pertaining to Meroe, or its kingdom, or the era of Meroe's dominance of Kush (Nubia) Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Meroitic-en-adj-cTFmk~h3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 45 40 2 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Meroic, Merotic

Proper name

Etymology: Meroite + -ic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Meroite|ic}} Meroite + -ic Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} Meroitic
  1. Ellipsis of Meroitic script. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Meroitic script
    Sense id: en-Meroitic-en-name-hLDhrP2O
  2. Ellipsis of Meroitic language. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Meroitic language
    Sense id: en-Meroitic-en-name-MbwpYzDu Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 45 40 2 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Meroic, Merotic

Alternative forms

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