Damietta

English

Alternative forms

Dalmietta

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Damietta, from the medieval pronunciation /dɑmˈjɑdi/ of Coptic ⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁϯ (Tamiati) with influence from Latin -etta (“-ette: forming diminutives”), probably from Egyptian

(dmj, “mooring, port; town”) +

(-t, “town”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdæmiːˈɛtə/, /ˌdæmiːˈjɛtə/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdæmɪˈɛtə/

Proper noun

Damietta

A town in the Nile delta in Egypt.

Translations

town in the Nile delta in Egypt

Arabic: دُمْيَاط (Dumyāṭ)
Armenian: Դամիատ (Damiat)
Coptic: ⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁϯ (Tamiati)
French: Damiette (fr)
German: Damiette
Greek:
Ancient Greek: Ταμίαθις (Tamíathis)

Modern Greek: Δαμιέτη (Damiéti)
Italian: Damietta, Damiata
Latin: Damietta, Tamiathis, Damieta, Tomiathianus
Ottoman Turkish: دمياط (Dimyat)
Russian: Думья́т (Dumʹját)
Spanish: Damieta
Turkish: Dimyat (tr), Dimyad

Anagrams

tatamied

Italian

Alternative forms

Damiata

Proper noun

Damietta f

Damietta (a town in Egypt)

Anagrams

meditata, metadati

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