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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Abydos
 
SYLLABICATION:A·by·dos
PRONUNCIATION:  -bds
1. An ancient town of Asia Minor on the Asiatic coast of the Hellespont in modern-day Turkey. It was the scene of the legendary tale of Hero and Leander. 2. An ancient city of southern Egypt on the Nile River northwest of Thebes. One of the oldest Egyptian cities, it was a religious center for the worship of Osiris and a burial site for the kings of the earliest dynasties.
 
 
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