ⲫⲓⲟⲙ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology
The sea of Faiyum
From Demotic ym (“sea”), from Late Egyptian
iim&a mwN36
N23
(ym, “lake, sea”), itself a borrowing from Semitic.

Proper noun

ⲫⲓⲟⲙ • (phiom) m

  1. (Bohairic) Fayum (a region of Egypt)
  2. (Bohairic) Crocodilopolis, modern Fayum (a city in Egypt)

References
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