Fustat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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

Fustat Fostat

Etymology

From Arabic الفُسطاط (al-Fusṭāṭ).

Synonyms

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