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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ankh /aŋk/

▶noun an object or design resembling a cross with a loop instead of the top arm, used in ancient Egypt as a symbol of life.

– origin C19: from Egyptian, lit. ‘life, soul’.

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