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ASSOUAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Assouan mean? 

ASSOUAN (noun)
  The noun ASSOUAN has 1 sense:

1. an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearbyplay

  Familiarity information: ASSOUAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ASSOUAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Assouan; Assuan; Aswan

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Assouan" is a part of...):

Arab Republic of Egypt; Egypt; United Arab Republic (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC)


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