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beni suef

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
beni -suef
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A governorate in north-eastern Egypt.

name

A city in Egypt.

Etymology

From Arabic بَنِي سُوَيْف (banī suwayf), which in turn comes from older form مَنْفِسُوَيْه (manfisuwayh) of Coptic origin (*ⲡⲙⲁⲛⲡⲥⲱⲟⲩⲁϩ (*pmanpsōouah) “gathering place” has been proposed).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: بَنِي سُوَيْف

Questions

What does beni suef mean?
A governorate in north-eastern Egypt.
Where does beni suef come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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