Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈmɛɹəweɪ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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/ˈmɛɹoʊweɪ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Proper noun
An ancient city on the east bank of the Nile.
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The ultimate origins of iron in east Africa, then, must remain conjectural, though a spread from Meroe up the Nile to the Lake Victoria region is the most plausable route at the moment, and Meroic furnaces and tool styles are similar to those in East Africa.