ⲫⲓⲁⲙ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology
From Demotic ym (“sea”), from Late Egyptian

(ym, “lake, sea”), itself a borrowing from Semitic.

Proper noun

ⲫⲓⲁⲙ • (phiam) m

  1. (Fayyumic) Fayum (a region of Egypt)
  2. (Fayyumic) Crocodilopolis, modern Fayum (a city in Egypt)

References
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