Name | Shibin al Kawm |
Alt names | Shebin el-Kom | source: Encyclopædia Britannica (1985) X, 735 | | Shibîn el Kôm | source: Getty Vocabulary Program | | Shibīn al-Kawm | source: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 1108 | | Shibīn al-Kōm | source: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 360 |
Type | City |
Coordinates | 30.559°N 31.01°E |
Located in | Al Minufiyah, Egypt |
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Shibin El Kom (colloquially shortened to Shibin) is a city in Egypt's Nile Delta, and the capital of the Monufia Governorate. It was previously known as Shaybin al-Sara the first part of which Ramzi connects to ʾašyab "grey-coloured, old".
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