Damietta

Damietta
geographical name city & port N Egypt population 93,488

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  • DAMIETTA — (Ar. Dumyāt; in the Bible: Jer. 47:4 – isle of Caphtor; and Isa. 30:4 – Hanes), city in Egypt, about eight miles from the Mediterranean Sea. In medieval times, Damietta was an important commercial town, through which goods were transferred from… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Damietta — • An Egyptian titular see for the Latins and the Catholic Melchite Greeks, in Augustamnica Prima Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Damietta     Damietta      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Damietta — [dam΄ē et′ə] seaport in N Egypt, in the E Nile delta: pop. 113,000 …   English World dictionary

  • Damietta — Damiat redirects here. For the Bulgarian wine grape also known as Damiat, see Dimiat. Damietta Capture of Damietta by Frisian crusaders …   Wikipedia

  • Damietta — /dam ee et euh/, n. a city in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta. 110,000. Arabic, Dumyat. * * * ▪ Egypt Arabic  Dumyāṭ , also spelled  Dimyat        city, capital of Dumyāṭ muḥāfaẓah (governorate), in the Nile River delta, Lower Egypt, on the… …   Universalium

  • Damietta — DMS …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Damietta — Original name in latin Damietta Name in other language Damiata, Damietta, Damiette, Dimyat, Dimy Dum jat, Dumiat, Dumqat, Dumyat, Dumy Dumy QDX, dmyat, Думьят State code EG Continent/City Africa/Cairo longitude 31.41648 latitude 31.81332 altitude …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • Damietta Governorate —   Governorate of Egypt   Flag …   Wikipedia

  • Damietta Port — The Damietta Port Authority Egypt s Damietta Port is situated 8.5 km west of the Nile river of Damietta branch westward Ras El Bar, and it is 70 km. distanced from Port Said. The port installations extend on an area of 11.8 km2 The port is… …   Wikipedia

  • Damietta — ► Gobernación del N de Egipto, en la región del delta; 589 km2 y 690 000 h. Cap., la c. homónima (86 000 h) …   Enciclopedia Universal

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