Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Assouan   Listen
Assouan

noun
1.
An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby.  Synonyms: Assuan, Aswan.






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar





"Assouan" Quotes from Famous Books



... the sheet from the secretary, and fixing his eyes on the spot indicated, read quite fluently: "Paragraph XI. The Nile, from Assouan to a distance of twelve miles north of Cairo, flows in a single stream"—"Well," said he, interrupting himself, "that's all plain sailing. What did you mean? The general, on the contrary, took pains when ...
— The Companions of Jehu • Alexandre Dumas, pere

... take Gordon's advice, and, to save further bloodshed, withdrew the Relief Expedition. Wady Halfa, Korosko, and Assouan, were held with some force, in case the Mahdi's adherents should seek to follow up their victory. The death of the Mahdi, however, and the defeat of his followers at the end of 1885, have together helped to crush the Mahdist movement, ...
— General Gordon - A Christian Hero • Seton Churchill



Words linked to "Assouan" :   city, Assuan, urban center, Egypt, United Arab Republic, metropolis, Aswan, Arab Republic of Egypt



Copyright © 2024 Dictionary One.com