Suez
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Etymology edit
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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Suez
- A city in northeastern Egypt.
- Short for Suez Canal, the canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
- A governorate of Egypt around the city and canal.
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Suez, Egypt
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Czech edit
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Suez m inan (related adjective suezský)
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Further reading edit
- Suez in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Italian edit
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Suez f
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Serbo-Croatian edit
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Proper noun edit
Sùez m (Cyrillic spelling Су̀ез)
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Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈsweθ/ [ˈsweθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈswes/ [ˈswes]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: Suez
Proper noun edit
Suez m