ẖnw

Noun

 * 1) interior, inside (of a place, building, body part, etc.)
 * 2)  inner, covering the interior
 * 3) space between any number of points, enclosed space
 * 4) home, residence, abode
 * 5) homeland, home, the interior of Egypt?
 * 6) residence of the king, with its associated administrative complex; palace, capitol, capital city, ‘the Residence’
 * 7) temple or shrine as the residence of a god
 * 8) goods that a land or mountain contains or produces; products, contents, abundance
 * 1) temple or shrine as the residence of a god
 * 2) goods that a land or mountain contains or produces; products, contents, abundance

Usage notes
It is unclear whether this word can actually take on the sense of ‘homeland’ given above; some authors prefer to interpret the relevant passages as references to the royal residence instead. Allen in Middle Egyptian Literature argues for the former interpretation in the context of the tale of The Shipwrecked Sailor: ‘ — literally, “the inside”: in this case, “inside” Egypt. The term is also used to refer to the capital, Memphis, but the locale mentioned in col. 10 sets the scene in Aswan’.

Alternative forms
In the sense ‘residence of the king’, this word may also occur with the determinative :