Aswan

Aswan

See also: aswan

English

Alternative forms

• Assouan, Assuan, Essouan (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic أسوان‎‎‎ (Aswān), itself borrowed from Coptic ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan), from Egyptian swnw,

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /asˈwɑːn/

Proper noun

Aswan

1. A city in the south of Egypt, the capital of the Aswan Governorate.

Translations

city in southern Egypt

Arabic: Egyptian Arabic: أسوان‎ (Aswān) Chinese: Mandarin: 阿斯旺 (zh) (Āsīwàng) Coptic: ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan)

Egyptian: (swnw) Greek: Ancient: Συήνη f (Suḗnē) Italian: Assuan f Latin: Syēnē f

Further reading

• Aswan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• wasna