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Aswanor As·wân, As·suan, As·souan [ as-wahn; Arabic ahs-wahn ] / ˈæs wɑn; Arabic ɑsˈwɑn /
nounAncient Sy·e·ne [sahy-ee-nee] /saɪˈi ni/ . a city in southeastern Egypt, on the Nile. a dam near this city, extending across the Nile. 6,400 feet (1,950 meters) long. Words nearby AswanAsur, Asura, as usual, A.S.V., A.S.W., Aswan, Aswan Dam, Aswan High Dam, aswarm, as well, as well as Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for AswanShe also wrote Divieto di Soggiorno [Rejected], and The Bride of Aswan, which won the International Fenice Europe Prize. See Who’s Coming to Women in the World 2013: Speakers & Participants||March 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST Clashes also broke out in Alexandria, Aswan, Luxor, and Assiut. Egypt's New Wave of Violence|Ursula Lindsey|October 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST Landing in Africa in 1786, he went up the Nile as far as Aswan. History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)|S. Rappoport Presently a forest of palm trees, the last on that side, announces Aswan and Nubia. History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12)|G. Maspero
The dam has been constructed of granite ashlar taken from quarries near Aswan. History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)|S. Rappoport The Nile here has not the wild and imposing aspect which it assumes lower down, between Aswan and Philae. History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 2 (of 12)|G. Maspero There is no railway between Aswan and Halfa, all traffic being conducted on the river. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt|Arthur E. P. B. Weigall
British Dictionary definitions for Aswan
nounan ancient town in SE Egypt, on the Nile, just below the First Cataract. Pop: 249 000 (2005 est)Ancient name: Syene Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |