HyperDic: champollion

English > 1 sense of the word Champollion:
NOUNperson Champollion, Jean Francois ChampollionFrenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)
English > Champollion: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningFrenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832).
SynonymJean Francois Champollion
Instance ofEgyptologistAn archeologist who specializes in Egyptology
SpanishChampollion

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