Port Said

or Port Sa·ïd

[ sah-eed ]

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noun

Port Said

/ saɪd; ˈsɑːiːd /

a port in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Suez Canal: founded in 1859 when the Suez Canal was begun; became the largest coaling station in the world and later an oil-bunkering port; damaged in the Arab-Israeli wars of 1967 and 1973. Pop: 546 000 (2005 est)

Pelusium was situated near the present Port Saïd, and the wall must therefore have been about a hundred miles long.

Last year 540,000 tons of coal were sold at Port Saïd, and all the ships which brought it had to go away empty.

All along the way, we were virtually traversing the desert, Isma'iliya presenting a small oasis, fifty miles from Port Saïd.

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