Valley of the Kings

English

Proper noun

the Valley of the Kings

1. (Egyptology) A valley in Egypt, on the west bank of the Nile, known for the tombs constructed there for the pharaohs.
   • 1995, Ian Shaw, Paul Nicholson, “Rekhmira”, in The British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt‎^[1], The British Museum Press, published 2002, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 244, column 1:

     The tomb chapel has no burial shaft below it, and it has been suggested that Rekhmira was buried in a shaft tomb in the Valley of the Kings, although the location of this burial-place remains unknown.

Synonyms

• KV

Coordinate terms

• Valley of the Queens

Derived terms

• KV
• KV-

 

Translations

Egyptian valley known for its tombs

• Arabic: وَادِي اَلْمُلُوك m (wādī l-mulūk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帝王谷 (Dìwánggǔ)

• Coptic: ^{(please verify)} ϫⲏⲙⲉ (čēme)
• Czech: Údolí králů n
• Danish: Kongernes Dal c
• Egyptian: sḫt-ꜥꜣt f
• Finnish: Kuninkaiden laakso
• French: Vallée des rois f
• German: Tal der Könige (de) n
• Italian: Valle dei Re f
• Japanese: 王家の谷 (おうけのたに, Ōke no Tani)
• Korean: 왕가의 계곡 (Wanggaui Gyegok)
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: Dolina Królów f
• Portuguese: Vale dos Reis m
• Romanian: Valea Regilor f
• Russian: Доли́на царе́й f (Dolína caréj)
• Spanish: Valle de los Reyes m
• Swedish: Konungarnas dal c (literally “the Kings' valley”)
• Ukrainian: Доли́на царі́в f (Dolýna carív)
• Welsh: Dyffryn y Brenhinoedd m