English Explanatory Dictionary

Suez

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in northeastern Egypt.
  2. Ellipsis of Suez Canal: the canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
  3. A governorate of Egypt around the city and canal.

Pronunciation

/ˈsuː.ɛz/

Word forms

Suez

Etymology

From Arabic اَلسُّوَيْس (as-suways), from ال (al-, “the, place of the”) + سويس, of uncertain origin but sometimes connected to South Levantine Arabic forms of سُوس (sūs, “licorice”). A folk etymology sometimes relates it to a supposed Egyptian suan (“beginning”), but this appears to be a ghost word or misinterpretation as no such word exists.

Derived words

Gulf of Suez Port Suez Suez Canal Suez Port

Translations

Arabic: اَلسُّوَيْس Arabic: السويس Chinese Mandarin: 蘇伊士 /苏伊士 Czech: Suez Finnish: Suez French: Suez Greek: Σουέζ Hebrew: סואץ Hindi: स्वेज़ Hungarian: Szuez Japanese: スエズ Korean: 수에즈 Persian: سوئز Polish: Suez Portuguese: Suez Russian: Суэ́ц Serbo-Croatian: Су̀ез Serbo-Croatian: Sùez Spanish: Suez Telugu: సూయజ్ Turkish: Süveyş
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