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Birket Karun

American

[bir-kit kuh-roon] / ˈbɪr kɪt kəˈrun /

Or Birket Qârun

noun

a lake in N Egypt. 25 miles (40 km) long; about 5 miles (8 km) wide; 90 sq. mi. (233 sq. km).

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It would have been like them to do so, judging by the aggressive checks on those mustard tweeds; but as a matter of fact the party has disappeared from view since just before Birket Karun.

From Project Gutenberg

Thank goodness we have two nights here, on the golden shore of the blue Birket Karun, all that's left of Lake Moeris of which Strabo and Herodotus raved.

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