Ismailia
[is-mey-uh-lee-uh, -mahy-uh-]
- a city and seaport at the midpoint of the Suez Canal, in NE Egypt.
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Also Ismaʿiliya.
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The town of Ismailia, on the lake border, also was bombarded.
At Ismailia malaria was reduced from 1551 cases in 1902 to 37 cases in 1905.
It has since been made an Egyptian military station and named Ismailia.
Stanley in AfricaJames P. Boyd
The Ismailia was struck with a shell, but I hear is not seriously damaged.
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885Charles Royle
The camp of the Egyptians is at Nefich, three kilometres from Ismailia.
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885Charles Royle
Ismailia
- 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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