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Ismailia

American  
[is-may-uh-lee-uh, -mahy-uh-] / ˌɪs meɪ əˈli ə, -maɪ ə- /

noun

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


Ismailia British  
/ ˌɪzmaɪˈlɪə /

noun

  1. 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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ossama Rabei, head of the Suez Canal Authority, said the Singapore-flagged One Orpheus went off course after its rudder broke down before ploughing into the Mansi Bridge, near the port city of Ismailia.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

Local hospitals in Sheikh Zuweid and Al-Arish were also preparing to admit Gazan patients, with more difficult cases expected to be sent to Ismailia, the sources said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2023

The cause of the fire, which ripped through the multistory police headquarters in the Suez Canal province of Ismailia, was not immediately clear.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 2, 2023

Firefighters managed to contain the blaze at the facility in Ismailia, and local hospitals have been placed on alert.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2023

The Ismailia or Fresh-water canal branches from the Nile at Cairo and follows, in the main, the course of the canal which anciently joined the Nile and the Red Sea.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various

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