Fayum

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الفَيُّوم‎ (al-fayyūm), from Coptic ⲫ̀ⲓⲟⲙ (ph̀iom, “the sea, Fayum”), from Egyptian pꜣ ym (“Lake Moeris”, literally “The Lake”), from pꜣ (“the”) + ym (“lake”).

Proper noun

Fayum

  1. A city in Egypt, and the associated region.

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