əˈmärnə adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Tell el 'Amarna, ancient station on the Nile river bet. Thebes and Memphis, Egypt
: of or belonging to the period of time about 1375-1360 B.C. that is described on the ancient Egyptian Tell el'Amarna tablets discovered 1887 and written in cuneiform characters containing the Asiatic correspondence of Amenhotep IV and his father Amenhotep III