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English
Etymology
From Arabic اَلسُّوَيْس (as-suways), from ال (al-, “the, place of the”) + سويس, of uncertain origin but sometimes connected to South Levantine Arabic forms of سُوس (sūs, “licorice”). A folk etymology sometimes relates it to a supposed Egyptian suan (“beginning”), but this appears to be a ghost word or misinterpretation as no such word exists.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Suez
- A city in northeastern Egypt.
- Short for Suez Canal, the canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
- A governorate of Egypt around the city and canal.
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Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Suez m inan (related adjective suezský)
- Suez (a town in northeastern Egypt)
Declension
Declension of Suez (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- Suez in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Italian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Suez f
- Suez (a town in Egypt)
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Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sǔez/
- Hyphenation: Su‧ez
Proper noun
Sùez m (Cyrillic spelling Су̀ез)
- Suez (a town in Egypt)
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈsweθ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈswes/
- Rhymes: -eθ
- Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: Suez
Proper noun
Suez m
- Suez (a town in Egypt)