Ismailia

[is-mey-uh-lee-uh, -mahy-uh-]

Is·ma·i·li·a

[is-mey-uh-lee-uh, -mahy-uh-]
noun
a city and seaport at the midpoint of the Suez Canal, in NE Egypt. 189,700.
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an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
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Ismailia (ˌɪzmaɪˈlɪə)
 
n
a city in NE Egypt, on the Suez Canal: founded in 1863 by the former Suez Canal Company; devastated by Israeli troops in the October War (1973). Pop: 299 000 (2005 est)

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Ismailia

capital of Al-Isma'iliyah muhafazah (governorate), northeastern Egypt. The city is about at the midpoint of the Suez Canal, on the northwestern shore of Lake At-Timsah. The lake, in a natural depression, was connected to the Gulf of Suez of the Red Sea in pharaonic times.

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