Iskanderīa

Nobiin

Alternative forms

• ⲓⲥⲕⲁⲛⲇⲉⲣⲓ̅ⲁ (iskanderi̅a)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة (al-ʔiskandariyya).

Proper noun

Iskanderīa

1. Alexandria (a city in Egypt)

References

• Reinisch, Leo (1879) Die Nuba-Sprache, Wien: Wilhelm Braumüller, page 271