Suez
English
Etymology
From Arabic اَلسُّوَيْس (as-suways), from ال (al-, “the, place of the”) + سويس, of uncertain origin but sometimes connected to South Levantine Arabic forms of سُوس (sūs, “licorice”). A folk etymology sometimes relates it to a supposed Egyptian suan (“beginning”), but this appears to be a ghost word or misinterpretation as no such word exists.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsuː.ɛz/
Proper noun
Suez
- A city in northeastern Egypt.
- Short for Suez Canal, the canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
- A governorate of Egypt around the city and canal.
Derived terms
- Gulf of Suez
- Suez Canal
Translations
Suez, Egypt
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Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsuɛs]
Declension
Further reading
- Suez in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsu.et͡s/*
- Rhymes: -uets
- Hyphenation: Sù‧ez
Derived terms
- Canale di Suez
- Golfo di Suez
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sǔez/
- Hyphenation: Su‧ez
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈsweθ/ [ˈsweθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈswes/ [ˈswes]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: Suez
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