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Dam⋅i⋅et⋅ta

  [dam-ee-et-uh]
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a city in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta. 110,000.
Arabic, Dumyat.
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Dam·i·et·ta   (dām'ē-ět'ə)   
A city of northeast Egypt on the Nile River delta north-northeast of Cairo. It was conquered by Crusaders in 1219. Population: 203,000.
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Damietta

city, capital of Dumyat muhafazah (governorate), in the Nile River delta, Lower Egypt, on the Mediterranean coast. Damietta, the port of the governorate, is located 8 miles (13 km) from the Mediterranean, on the right (east) bank of the Damietta branch of the Nile. The name is a corruption of the ancient Coptic Tamiati.

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