Cheops

[kee-ops]

Che·ops

[kee-ops]
noun
flourished early 26th century b.c., king of Egypt: builder of the great pyramid at Giza (father of Khafre).
Also called Khufu.
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Cheops (ˈkiːɒps)
 
n
original name Khufu. Egyptian king of the fourth dynasty (?2613--?2494 bc), who built the largest pyramid at El Gîza

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CHEOPS definition

communications
A satellite-based batch data dissemination project between CERN and member state institutes.
(2006-06-21)

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Cheops

second king of the 4th dynasty (c. 2575-c. 2465 BC) of Egypt and builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza, the largest single building to that time.

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