| NOUN | location | Nag Hammadi | a town in Upper Egypt |
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| group | Nag Hammadi, Nag Hammadi Library | a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945 |
| Meaning | A town in Upper Egypt. | |
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| Instance of | town | An urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city |
| Part of | Upper Egypt | One of the two main administrative districts of Egypt |
| Spanish | Nag Hammadi | |
| Catalan | Nag Hammadi | |
| Meaning | A collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism. | |
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| Synonym | Nag Hammadi Library | |
| Instance of | collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage | Several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
| Spanish | Nag Hammadi | |
| Catalan | Nag Hammadi | |
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