Ismailia

[is-mey-uh-lee-uh, -mahy-uh-]

noun

a city and seaport at the midpoint of the Suez Canal, in NE Egypt.

Also Ismaʿiliya.

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Historical Examples of ismailia

The town of Ismailia, on the lake border, also was bombarded.
The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII)
Various
At Ismailia malaria was reduced from 1551 cases in 1902 to 37 cases in 1905.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4
Various
It has since been made an Egyptian military station and named Ismailia.
Stanley in Africa
James P. Boyd
The Ismailia was struck with a shell, but I hear is not seriously damaged.
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885
Charles Royle
The camp of the Egyptians is at Nefich, three kilometres from Ismailia.
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885
Charles Royle

British Dictionary definitions for ismailia

Ismailia

noun

a city in NE Egypt, on the Suez Canal: founded in 1863 by the former Suez Canal Company; devastated by Israeli troops in the October War (1973). Pop: 299 000 (2005 est)

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