English Explanatory Dictionary

Aswan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/asˈwɑːn/

Word forms

Aswan Assouan Assuan Essouan

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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