elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo (adj)

of great mass; huge and bulky

"a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"

elephantine (Adjective)

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of elephants.

elephantine (Adjective)

Very large.

Elephantine (Adjective)

Of, from, or pertaining to Elephantine or the Elephantine people.

Elephantine (ProperNoun)

An island in the river Nile.

Elephantine

Elephantine is an island in the Nile River in northern Nubia. It is a part of the modern city of Aswan, in southern Egypt. There are archaeological sites on the island.

Elephantine

Elephantine ( EL-if-an-TY-nee, -⁠TEE-; Ancient Egyptian: ꜣbw; Egyptian Arabic: جزيرة الفنتين; Greek: Ἐλεφαντίνη Elephantíne; Coptic: (Ⲉ)ⲓⲏⲃ (e)iēb, Late Coptic [jæb]) is an island on the Nile, forming part of the city of Aswan in Upper Egypt. The archaeological sites on the island were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae" (despite Elephantine being neither Nubian, nor between Abu Simbel and Philae).