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Aswan

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As·wan  (swän, s-wän, äs-)
A city of southern Egypt at the First Cataract of the Nile River near the Aswan High Dam. Construction of the dam, dedicated in 1971, required the relocation of some 90,000 people and numerous archaeological treasures. The city's population is 265,000.
Aswan, Assuan, Assouan [ɑːsˈwɑːn]
n
(Placename) an ancient town in SE Egypt, on the Nile, just below the First Cataract. Pop.: 219 017 (1996 est.) Ancient name Syene
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.AswanAswan - an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby
Assouan, Assuan
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
Translations
Aswan [æsˈwɑːn]
A. N → Asuán f
B. CPD Aswan High Dam N → Presa f de Asuán


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The Nubian samples were taken before the flooding caused by the Aswan Dam from 2 early Christian burial sites at Kulubnarti, between the second and third cataracts of the Nile River in northern Sudan.
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When plans to build the Aswan High Dam made it clear that Toshka and much of ancient Nubia would be forever under water, El Din set out to preserve Nubian culture through collecting its songs, traveling by donkey throughout Upper Egypt.
Hamza El Din by Horton, Matt / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Nasser decided to grab the canal to pay for his ill-conceived dam on the Nile at Aswan.
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