Assuan
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Travellers are especially being warned to avoid Cairo and the main tourist centres in Egypt, such as Luxor, Assuan and the Nile Delta.
From BBC
But failing health obliged him to go to Egypt, where he died at Assuan on the 5th of March 1903.
From Project Gutenberg
It was he who projected and designed the Assuan Dam across the Nile.
From Project Gutenberg
The kings of Ethiopia sailed down the Nile and swept the country from Assuan to the sea.
From Project Gutenberg
We discussed the various Ports of the Mediterranean, ran up to Assuan in a dahabiyeh, and afterwards made a pilgrimage to Sinai together.
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