Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nag_hammadi

2 senses of nag hammadi

Sense 1
Nag Hammadi -- (a town in Upper Egypt)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")

Sense 2
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; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism)
       INSTANCE OF=> collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage -- (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)