Suez

专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A city in northeastern Egypt.
  2. Ellipsis of Suez Canal: the canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
  3. A governorate of Egypt around the city and canal.

词源

From Arabic اَلسُّوَيْس (as-suways), from ال (al-, “the, place of the”) + سويس, of uncertain origin but sometimes connected to South Levantine Arabic forms of سُوس (sūs, “licorice”). A folk etymology sometimes relates it to a supposed Egyptian suan (“beginning”), but this appears to be a ghost word or misinterpretation as no such word exists.
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