English Explanatory Dictionary

Sharm el-Sheikh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Egypt, at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula.

Pronunciation

/ˌʃɑː(ɹ)m ɛlˈʃeɪk/ /ˌʃɑː(ɹ)m ɛʃˈʃeɪk/

Word forms

Sharm el-Sheikh Sharm

Etymology

From Egyptian Arabic شرم الشيخ (šarm eš-šēḵ, “bay of the wise”).

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