Aswan
Americannoun
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Ancient Syene. a city in southeastern Egypt, on the Nile.
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a dam near this city, extending across the Nile. 6,400 feet (1,950 meters) long.
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Tomato production and distribution in different reaches of the Nile Valley had been affected even before the completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1970.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
She often recalled a performance by the Cairo Ballet in Aswan, a city on the Nile River.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Some buses had taken students from the International University of Africa to the Egyptian city of Aswan where they were then flown to the Congolese capital, Kinshasa.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2023
Newcomer Aswan Reid plays the titular 9-year-old New Boy in the film by Warwick Thornton based on his own experience of walking into a church for the first time at the age of 11.
From Reuters ● May 20, 2023
It seems a miracle that this glorious monument to the pharaoh was carved out of raw granite that was once buried in the ground at Aswan.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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