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Mem·non (mem′nän′)

noun

  1. Gr. Myth. an Ethiopian king killed by Achilles in the Trojan War and made immortal by Zeus
  2. a gigantic statue of an Egyptian king at Thebes, said to have emitted a musical sound at sunrise

Etymology: L < Gr Memnōn

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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