Masr

mas'r English en Needs etymology cleanup Egypt Etymology From en arz مصر maṣr, from en ar مِصْر, ultimately from en he מִצְרַיִם. Proper noun en en rare Egypt en 1898 Joseph Pollard The land of the monuments: notes of Egyptian travel 37 http://books.google.com/books?id=i6PbJw7xYhgC&pg=PA37&dq=Masr+or+EGYPT&hl=en&ei=RbTnTovND8XI2wWdz6DQCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&sqi=2&ved=0CGoQ6AEwCQ The name of Cairo is a contraction of the title given to it by its founder of " Masr-el-Kahira," or "The Victory of Egypt," Masr signifying Egypt. en 2002 Moustafa Gadalla Egyptian rhythm: the heavenly melodies 107 http://books.google.com/books?id=CZBeZ2VIsoMC&pg=PA107&dq=Masr+or+EGYPT&hl=en&ei=RbTnTovND8XI2wWdz6DQCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&sqi=2&ved=0CF8Q6AEwBw An epithet to its name, misri, indicates Masr or Egypt as its home. en 2010 Dan Richardson; Daniel Jacobs The Rough Guide to Egypt http://books.google.com/books?id=-fm28XVc7RgC&pg=PA73&dq=Masr+or+EGYPT&hl=en&ei=RbTnTovND8XI2wWdz6DQCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA 73 Masr, meaning both the capital and the land of Egypt en 1909 Marmaduke William Pickthall The Children of the Nile I employ thee for dealing with the men of Masr, so the dress of Masr best becomes thee. en 1928 Herbert Richmond Palmer Sudanese Memoirs: Being Mainly Translations of a Number of Arabic Manuscripts Relating to the Central and Western Sudan But there are many of the people of Daud Nigâlemi in the land of Masr, being Yamanites, the people of Saif of the Ansar, the well known tribe of Magumi. en 2011-08-04 Amitav Ghosh In An Antique Land Granta Books 9781847082220 Masr had long since ceased to be the mistress of her own destiny; she had become a province of the Ottoman Empire, which was itself enfeebled now, allowed to keep its territories only by the consent of the Great Powers en dated Cairo, especially Old Cairo. en 1872 Coptic Church Solomon Caesar Malan The Divine Liturgy of Saint Mark the Evangelist 45 When once installed in his chair at Alexandria, he went back to Masr (Cairo) and ruled the Church from thence. en 1888 A Handbook for Travellers in Lower and upper Egypt 162 In A.D. 969 Egypt was conquered by the Fatemite Khalif el-Moëz, who transferred the centre of the government from Tunis to Masr, and built a fortress near the latter town to contain the palace en 1921 Quarterly Paper-Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society Every step gives him a stab of pain in his swollen knee, and he has made up his mind that he must go to Masr (Cairo). Translations Egypt Anagrams en amrs M.R.A.S. S/MAR MRAs SARM MRSA Mars ASMR MSAR Rams RAMs AMRs ASRM rasm arms MARS ARMs mars SRAM rams