"Fayum" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Arabic الفَيُّوم (al-Fayyūm), from Coptic ⲫ̀ⲓⲟⲙ (Ph̀iom, “the sea, Fayum”), from Egyptian pꜣ ym (“Lake Moeris”), from pꜣ (“the”) + ym (“lake”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|الفَيُّوم|tr=al-Fayyūm}} Arabic الفَيُّوم (al-Fayyūm), {{der|en|cop|ⲓⲟⲙ|ⲫ̀ⲓⲟⲙ|the sea, Fayum|tr=Ph̀iom}} Coptic ⲫ̀ⲓⲟⲙ (Ph̀iom, “the sea, Fayum”), {{der|en|egy|pꜣ ym||Lake Moeris}} Egyptian pꜣ ym (“Lake Moeris”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Fayum
  1. A city in Egypt near Lake Moeris. Categories (place): Cities in Egypt, Places in Egypt
    Sense id: en-Fayum-en-name-i1aJOCkr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Coptic translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Coptic translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 77 23
  2. A region of Egypt around the city. Categories (place): Places in Egypt, Regions of Egypt Translations (Translations): Κροκοδειλόπολις (Krokodeilópolis) (Ancient Greek), الفَيُّوم (al-Fayyūm) (Arabic), El Faium (Catalan), ⲫ̀ⲓⲟⲙ (Ph̀iom) (Coptic), Fajjúm (Czech), El-Fajoem (Dutch), Fajoem (Dutch), Fayoum (French), Crocodilopolis (French), Arsinoë (French), Fajum (German), Fajjum (German), Krokodilopolis (German), Arsinoe (German), Fayyum (Italian), Fayum (Italian), Faiyum (Italian), Crocodilopolis (Latin), Φαγιούμ (Fagioúm) (Modern Greek), Эль-Файюм (Elʹ-Fajjum) (Russian), Файюм (Fajjum) (Russian), Fayún (Spanish), Fayoum (Swedish), Feyyum (Turkish), El Feyyum (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Fayum-en-name-A1ytg1Q~ Disambiguation of 'Translations': 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Crocodilopolis, Arsinoe [historical], Fayyum, Faiyum, Fayoum, Fyoom Derived forms: Fayum portrait, Fayyumic

Alternative forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.