Aswan

//asˈwɑːn// name

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  1. 1
    A governorate in southern Egypt.
  2. 2
    The capital of Aswan governorate, Egypt.

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assouanassuan

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"Sami drove for long hours between Cairo and Aswan."

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic أسوان (Aswān), itself borrowed from Coptic ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan), from Egyptian swnw, s-wn:n-nw:W-T11:niwt.

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