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• Faiyum
  Faiyum

  noun

  a province in north central Egypt: many archaeological remains. 691 sq. mi. (1,790 sq. km).
• Faiyûm
  Faiyûm

  noun

  See El Faiyûm

Faiyum

American  

[fahy-yoom] / faɪˈjum /

Or Fayum

noun

1. a province in north central Egypt: many archaeological remains. 691 sq. mi. (1,790 sq. km).

2. Also called El Fayum.  Also called El Faiyum.  a city in and the capital of this province, southwest of Cairo.

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adjective

1. pertaining to or designating a style of portrait painting developed in Egypt under Roman rule, examples of which have been found principally in Faiyum dating from the 2nd and 3rd centuries a.d., characterized chiefly by the frontality of the head, the modeling of form, and emphasis on the eyes.

Faiyûm British  

/ faɪˈjuːm /

noun

1. See El Faiyûm

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Faiyum

Fifteen years ago, while working on a dig in Egypt's Faiyum Basin, he and his colleagues uncovered the fossilized remains of a now-extinct Zenkerella cousin.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2016

One of the most cosmopolitan outposts of the Roman Empire during the 1st to 4th centuries A.D. was Egypt's Faiyum region, about 60 miles south of Cairo on the Nile.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cairo has requested his return to stand trial for inciting a 1989 riot outside a mosque in Faiyum, southwest of the capital.

From Time Magazine Archive