Te

The realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology.

Proper noun Egyptology, history

  1. The realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology.

Origin

From Coptic ⲧⲏ (tē), from Egyptian d-wA-t:dwAt (“dwꜣt”). Doublet of Duat.

Proper noun alt of, alternative

  1. Alternative form of De, a former prefecture of imperial China around Dezhou in northwestern Shandong.
    • The next year the reign style was changed to Chʻien-yüan 乾元 (February 13, 758-February 2, 759). Wang Chien 王暕,¹⁷⁸ the bogus Prefect of Te Prefecture 德州, Yü-wen Kʻuan 宇文寛, the bogus Prefect of Pei Prefecture 貝州,¹⁷⁹ and...

Origin

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Mandarin 德 (Dé, “virtue, manliness”).