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Dumyāţ (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 31 24 59 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.4165 decimal degrees |
Long: 031 48 48 E degrees minutes |
Long: 31.8133 decimal degrees |
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Note: An important city in ancient Egypt; declined with rise of Alexandria after 322 BCE; was taken by Arabs in 638 & prospered as a textile center; was frequently attacked by Crusaders in 13th cen.; dredging of channel has revived its port. |
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Dumyāţ (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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Dumyāṭ (C,V)
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Dumyât (C,V)
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Dumyat (C,O)
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Damietta (C,O,English,U)
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Dimyat (C,O)
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Damiata (C,V)
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Damiette (C,V)
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Dimyāṭ (C,V)
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Dumiat (C,V)
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Dumqat (C,V)
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Dumyâṭ (C,V)
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دمياط (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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Dumyāţ (governorate) (P) |
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Dumyāţ (inhabited place) (P) |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since ancient times |
regional capital (C) |
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city (C) |
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commercial center (C) |
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market center (C) |
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industrial center (C) |
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