lightland

The English word “lightland” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

Synonym of Akhet (the region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets)

Etymology

Calque of German Lichtland, itself intended as a rough calque of Egyptian Ax-x*t:N18 (ꜣḫt), on the assumption that it relates to Ax-x:H_SPACE (ꜣḫ, “to be(come) splendid, radiant, glorious”). Apparently first used in English by Miriam Lichtheim (3 May 1914 – 27 March 2004).

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