Fustat
Meanings
name
- Synonym of Cairo, a city in Egypt, as the capital of Egypt under the Rashidun, Umayyad, and Abbasid Caliphates and as the capital of the Fatimid Caliphate.
Word forms
Etymology
From Arabic الفُسطاط (al-Fusṭāṭ).
Synonyms
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