faraón

/faɾaˈon/ · B2 · noun · m

pharaoh

faraón — pharaoh

👑🏺 faraón = nearly 'fair-a-OWN': the fair ruler who owned all of Egypt

Spanish faraón is the same word as English pharaoh, just stressed on the last syllable: fa-ra-ÓN. Both come from Egyptian per-aa, meaning great house, the royal palace, which later came to mean the king himself.

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