English Explanatory Dictionary

Kairouan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Tunisia.

Word forms

Kairouan Cairouan Cairoan

Etymology

Borrowed from French Kairouan, from Arabic الْقَيْرَوَان (al-qayrawān), definite form of قَيْرَوَان (qayrawān, “caravan”), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān); see there for more. Doublet of caravan.

Derived words

Kairouani
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