Damietta
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin Damietta, from the medieval pronunciation /dɑmˈjɑdi/ of Coptic ⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁϯ (Tamiati) with influence from Latin -etta (“-ette: forming diminutives”), the former sometimes hypothesized to be from Egyptian dmjt (“town, harbor”), from Egyptian
(dmj, “mooring, port; town”) +
(-t, feminine ending).
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Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌdæmiːˈɛtə/, /ˌdæmiːˈjɛtə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌdæmɪˈɛtə/
Proper noun
Damietta
Translations
town in the Nile delta in Egypt
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Proper noun
Damietta f