Assuan


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Assuan

(ɑːsˈwɑːn) or

Assouan

n
(Placename) variant spellings of Aswan
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Noun 1. [画像:Assuan - an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt]Assuan - an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby
Arab Republic of Egypt, Egypt, United Arab Republic - a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC
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