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2024
Aswan
Aswan
See also:
aswan
English
Alternative forms
Assouan
,
Assuan
,
Essouan
(
obsolete
)
Proper noun
Aswan
A city in the south of
Egypt
, the capital of the Aswan Governorate.
Translations
city in southern Egypt
Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic:
أسوان
(
Aswān
)
Coptic:
ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ
(
Souan
)
Greek:
Ancient:
Συήνη
f
(
Suḗnē
)
Italian:
Assuan
f
Latin:
Syēnē
f
aswan
aswan
See also:
Aswan
Quechua
Alternative forms
ashwan
Adverb
aswan
more
Conjunction
aswan
on the contrary
,
but
Etymology
Borrowing
from
Egyptian Arabic
أسوان
(
Aswān
)
Pronunciation
(
Received Pronunciation
)
IPA
(key)
:
/asˈwɑːn/
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