Talk:Rhacotis

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A fact from Rhacotis appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 July 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Rhacotis, the Egyptian predecessor of Alexandria, may have been a thriving city centuries before the birth of Alexander?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2017/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rhacotis.

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-= Prior History =-

The name Rhacotis, read as a theophoric name(where the ra moves to the end), becomes Gadirus. The meaning of the word Gadir in Punic is boundary/hedge. This term may appear in Plato's writings, which he attributes to Solon in the days of Amasis, attesting to this city name around 570BC.

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"The root of the name, qd, means "construct"." -- That seems a little lazy. A35 in coptic is ekot. It means builder, mason, potter(Crum), as the glyph is a picture of a Mason. Using symbology to say that one glyph looks like construction, so the word means construction site?

The city was founded by Rhekmire in 1500BC.

Other possible etymologies: brqoout - chariot, lagte - mud, dirt, raHte - cauldron, rHot - make sail, float, erkates - worker 2600:1700:5980:5190:3DA0:4F72:95A:2E48 (talk) 05:00, 9 April 2025 (UTC)Reply