Assuan
Britishnoun
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It was he who projected and designed the Assuan Dam across the Nile.
From Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft by Oscar S. Straus
We discussed the various Ports of the Mediterranean, ran up to Assuan in a dahabiyeh, and afterwards made a pilgrimage to Sinai together.
From A Cabinet Secret by Guy Newell Boothby
It was brought down from Assuan in one piece, by barge, as was the enormous granite base, which is thirty feet long, sixteen feet wide, and eight feet thick.
From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Albert Bigelow Paine
"I've been in Egypt since the beginning of November—at Assuan."
From The Sign of Silence by William Le Queux
From the few observations that exist, it seems that farther south the southern winter winds decrease rapidly, becoming westerly, until at Assuan and Wadi Haifa the northerly winds are almost invariable throughout the year.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
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