Aswan

See also: aswan and Aswân

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

Translations

capital of Aswan governorate

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: أسوان (Aswān)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿斯旺 (zh) (Āsīwàng)

• Coptic: ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan)
• Egyptian: (swnw)
• French: Assouan (fr)
• Greek: Ασουάν (el) n (Asouán)

  Ancient: Συήνη f (Suḗnē)

• Italian: Assuan f
• Latin: Syēnē f

Further reading

• Aswan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• wasna