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Horus

noun Ho·rus \ˈhȯr-əs\

Definition of HORUS

:  the falcon-headed Egyptian god of light and the son of Osiris and Isis
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Origin of HORUS

Late Latin, from Greek Hōros, from Egyptian Ḥr
First Known Use: 1832

Rhymes with HORUS

chorus, Doris, Horace, loris, Maurice, morris, orris, porous, sorus, torus

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