Sea Peoples
English
Etymology
Calque of Egyptian nꜣ ḫꜣs.wt n.t pꜣ ym (“the peoples/foreigners of the sea”), as written in the Great Karnak Inscription.
Proper noun
- (historical) A confederacy of seafaring raiders of unknown nationality, who invaded the eastern Mediterranean at the end of the Bronze Age.
Translations
confederacy of seafaring raiders
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