ankh
noun/æŋk/
/ɑːŋk/
- an object or design like a cross but with a loop instead of the top arm, sometimes worn as jewellery. The ankh was used in ancient Egypt as the symbol of life.Topics Clothes and Fashionc2Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Egyptian, literally ‘life, soul’.
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