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Aswan High Dam

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Noun1.Aswan High DamAswan High Dam - one of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt
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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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