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English noun: Ptolemy | |||
| 1. | Ptolemy (person) Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance | ||
| Synonyms | Claudius Ptolemaeus | ||
| Instance hypernym | astronomer, stargazer, uranologist | ||
| 2. | Ptolemy (group) an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra | ||
| Synonyms | Ptolemaic dynasty | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dynasty | ||
| Member holonym | Ptolemy I, Ptolemy II | ||
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