Horus

UK: /ˈhɔːrəs/ US: (hôr′əs, hōr′-)

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Ho•rus  (hôr′əs, hōr′-), n. [Egyptian Relig.]

1. Eastern Religions a solar deity, regarded as either the son or the brother of Isis and Osiris, and usually represented as a falcon or as a man with the head of a falcon.

• Egyptian ḥr
• Greek Hôros
• Late Latin Hōrus

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Horus / ˈhɔːrəs/ noun

1. a solar god of Egyptian mythology, usually depicted with a falcon's head

Etymology: via Late Latin from Greek Hōros, from Egyptian Hur hawk