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Damietta

[dam-ee-et-uh]
noun
  1. a city in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta.
Arabic Dumyat.
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Historical Examples of damietta

  • These officials told us that the allied fleet had reached Damietta the day before.

    Freeland

    Theodor Hertzka

  • Two days later Kleber marched with his division for Damietta.

    At Aboukir and Acre

    George Alfred Henty

  • There were a few points of land called Damietta, but all else was flat.

    Travels in the Far East

    Ellen Mary Hayes Peck

  • We are before Damietta, so you have nothing to do but to recommend yourselves to God.'

    The Boy Crusaders

    John G. Edgar

  • I warned you at Damietta what would be the end of all the boastings which were uttered hourly.

    The Boy Crusaders

    John G. Edgar

British Dictionary definitions for damietta

Damietta

noun
  1. a town in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta: important medieval commercial centreArabic name: Dumyat
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