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Where does “أسوان” come from?
أسوان (Egyptian Arabic) comes from Coptic ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ, from Egyptian swnw — the city of Aswan.
Ancestry of “أسوان”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Coptic
ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ
—
2
Egyptian
swnw
the city of Aswan
Words derived from “أسوان”
Aswan
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