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Misr

American  
[mis-ruh] / ˈmɪs rə /

noun

  1. Arabic name of Egypt.


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In the case recently announced by the Treasury, U.S. authorities stopped short of imposing secondary sanctions on Banque Misr UAE.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Misr will have a chance to comment on the Treasury action over 30 days before winding down the U.S. correspondent relationships of its Emirati branch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Last week, the US Treasury announced sanctions on the Emirati branch of Egypt's Banque Misr for alleged support to Iran.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

State-owned Banque Misr is a core financial institution and central to the country’s identity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Possibly some Arabic professor versed in bibliographic lore, to favor a darling hypothesis, has transmuted Massar into Misr, to strengthen the plausibility of the etymology of Misr from Misraem!!

From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by James Grey Jackson

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