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Assuan

noun
1.
An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby.  Synonyms: Assouan, Aswan.






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... was no longer able to watch the movements of the African races with the same vigilance as his predecessors had exercised before Egyptian armies had made their way as far as the banks of the Euphrates. Thutmosis placed the control of the countries south of Assuan in the hands of a viceroy, who, invested with the august title of "Royal Son of Kush," must have been regarded as having the blood of Ra ...
— History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 4 (of 12) • G. Maspero



Words linked to "Assuan" :   urban center, metropolis, Arab Republic of Egypt, Egypt, city, United Arab Republic



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