Damietta

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin Damietta, from the medieval pronunciation /dɑmˈjɑdi/ of Coptic ⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁϯ (Tamiati) with influence from Latin -etta (“-ette: forming diminutives”), the former sometimes hypothesized to be from Egyptian dmjt (“town, harbor”), from Egyptian

(dmj, “mooring, port; town”) +
(-t, feminine ending).

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Damietta

  1. A town in the Nile delta in Egypt.

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Italian

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  • Damiata

Proper noun

Damietta f

  1. Damietta (a town in Egypt)

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