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• Damanhur
  Damanhur

  noun

  a city in N Egypt, near Alexandria.
• Damanhûr
  Damanhûr

  noun

  a city in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta. Pop: 229 000 (2005 est)

Damanhur

American  

[dah-mahn-hoor] / ˌdɑ mɑnˈhur /

noun

1. a city in N Egypt, near Alexandria.

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Damanhûr British  

/ ˌdɑːmənˈhʊə /

noun

1. a city in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta. Pop: 229 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Ahmed Zewail was born in Damanhur, Egypt, on Feb. 26, 1946.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2016

On the way to Naukratis the voyager passed Hermopolis, the modern Damanhur, a name which is merely the old Egyptian Dema n Hor, or “City of Horus.”

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

Al-Alfī was at that time besieging Damanhur, and he gained a signal victory over the pasha’s troops; but the dissensions of the beys destroyed their last chance of a return to power.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various

While these scenes were being enacted, al-Alfī was besieging Damanhur, and the other beys were returning towards Cairo, Khorshīd having called them to his assistance; but Mehemet Ali forced them to retreat.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various