Definitions for aswan
ˈæs wɑnaswan

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1. Aswan, Assuan, Assouannoun

   an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby

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1. Aswan

   Aswan (, also US: ; Arabic: أسوان, romanized: ʾAswān [ʔɑsˈwɑːn]; Coptic: Ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ Souan [swɑn]) is a city in Southern Egypt, and is the capital of the Aswan Governorate. Aswan is a busy market and tourist centre located just north of the Aswan Dam on the east bank of the Nile at the first cataract. The modern city has expanded and includes the formerly separate community on the island of Elephantine. Aswan includes five monuments within the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae (despite Aswan being neither Nubian, nor between Abu Simbel and Philae); these are the Old and Middle Kingdom tombs of Qubbet el-Hawa, the town of Elephantine, the stone quarries and Unfinished Obelisk, the Monastery of St. Simeon and the Fatimid Cemetery. The city's Nubian Museum is an important archaeological center, containing finds from the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia prior to the Aswan Dam's flooding of all of Lower Nubia. The city is part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in the category of craft and folk art. Aswan joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2017.

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1. aswan

   Aswan is a city in southern Egypt located on the east bank of the Nile River. It is the capital of the Aswan Governorate and is known for its beautiful scenery, archaeology sites, and ancient monuments such as the Aswan Dam and Philae temple complex. In ancient times, it served as a strategic location for trade and commerce. Today, it is a popular tourist and cultural destination.

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1. Aswan

   Aswan, formerly spelled Assuan, is a city in the south of Egypt, the capital of the Aswan Governorate. Aswan is a busy market and tourist centre located just north of the Aswan Dams on the east bank of the Nile at the first cataract. The modern city has expanded and includes the formerly separate community on the island of Elephantine.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of aswan in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of aswan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of aswan in a Sentence

1. Khaled AbuZeid:

   If the reservoir behind the GERD is operated at higher levels, it will result in huge losses due to seepage and evaporation, the water lost would, previously, have found its way to the High Aswan Dam.

2. Historical Association:

   Jackie Kennedy was helpful in getting the Temple of Dendur given as a gift( to the Met) from Egypt after the United States helped save it from being flooded by the Aswan Dam, and Jackie Kennedy also facilitated having( Leonardo da Vinci's) the Mona Lisa there from Paris.

3. Khaled AbuZeid:

   It would also reduce hydropower generation by the High Aswan Dam by up to 40 percent.

4. Patrizia Piacentini:

   We like to imagine that the people buried in the tomb of Aswan loved this rare seed so much so that their relatives placed a bowl next to the deceased that contained them, so that they could feed on them for eternity.

5. Romare Beardon:

   Every artist wants his work to be permanent. But what is The Aswan Dam covered some of the greatest art in the world. Venice is sinking. Great books and pictures were lost in the Florence floods. In the meantime we still enjoy butterflies.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=aswan
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
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