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Vinony

Aswan

proper noun

  1. city in southern Egypt
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /asˈwɑːn/

name

Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic أسوان (Aswān), itself borrowed from Coptic ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan), from Egyptian swnw, s-wn:n-nw:W-T11:niwt.

  1. A governorate in southern Egypt.
  2. The capital of Aswan governorate, Egypt.