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  1. Wadjet(ProperNoun)

    the patron goddess and namesake of the Ancient Egyptian city of Per-Wadjit, known as Buto to the Greeks. Wadjet takes the form of a cobra and is associated with the Eye of Horus.

  2. Origin: From Ancient Egyptian for "papyrus colored", an allusion to the skin of the cobra.


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