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Definition of Aswan

1. Noun. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby.

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Literary usage of Aswan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Egypt by Eva Ambros (2001)
"After a few kilometers the road to Aswan, 40 kilometers away, ... The closer you get to Aswan, the more African the landscape appears to become. ..."

2. The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1907)
"The Aswan Dam stands in the First Cataract, a few miles south of Aswan. It is designed to hold up water to a ... It has been decided to raise the Aswan Dam, ..."

3. Eastern Life: Present and Past by Harriet Martineau (1848)
"Aswan was now peeping over the palms on the eastern shore; and opposite to ... We moored to the shore below Aswan just at two o'clock; and thus we kept our ..."

4. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria by Gaston Maspero (1904)
"... and Blue Niles : The Barrage; Clearing the Sudd : The Suez Canal: Ancient and modern irrigation : The Dam at Aswan : The modern exploration of the Nile. ..."

5. Handbook for Egypt and the Sudan by John Murray, Harry Reginald Hall (1907)
"Aswan has now become a health-resort of tho best, and in the season tho most expensive, kind. But more economical visitors will find thut ..."

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