Suez
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSuez
- 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.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editSuez, Egypt
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Anagrams
editCzech
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSuez m inan (related adjective suezský)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “Suez”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
Italian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSuez f
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editSerbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSùez m (Cyrillic spelling Су̀ез)
Declension
editSpanish
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈsweθ/ [ˈsweθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈswes/ [ˈswes]
- Rhymes: -eθ
- Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: Suez
Proper noun
editSuez m
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- en:Cities in Egypt
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- en:Governorates of Egypt
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- cs:Towns in Egypt
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- Rhymes:Italian/uets
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- it:Towns in Egypt
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- sh:Towns in Egypt
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eθ
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- Rhymes:Spanish/es/1 syllable
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- es:Towns in Egypt
- es:Places in Egypt