pschent

noun

ˈ(p)skent

plural -s

: the headdress of the later Egyptian pharaohs formed of the two crowns worn by the respective pharaohs of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt before the union of the country under one rule

Word History

Etymology

Greek, from Egyptian p-skhent, from p the + skhent double crown

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