Fayum
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editFrom Arabic الفَيُّوم (al-Fayyūm), from Coptic ⲫ̀ⲓⲟⲙ (Ph̀iom, “the sea, Fayum”), from Egyptian pꜣ ym (“Lake Moeris”), from pꜣ (“the”) + ym (“lake”).
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edit- Crocodilopolis, Arsinoe (historical)
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Reference
edit- ^ Form seen in Bayard Taylor (1854), Chapter VI, in A Journey to Central Africa; or Life and Landscapes from Egypt...