ASWAN HIGH DAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aswan High Dam mean? 

• ASWAN HIGH DAM (noun)
  The noun ASWAN HIGH DAM has 1 sense:

1. one of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt

  Familiarity information: ASWAN HIGH DAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASWAN HIGH DAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Aswan High Dam; High Dam

Instance hypernyms:

dam; dike; dyke (a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea)

Holonyms ("Aswan High Dam" 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)