Suez

From Arabic اَلسُّوَيْس (as-suways), from ال (al-, “the, place of the”) + سويس, of uncertain origin but sometimes connected to South Levantine Arabic forms of سُوس (sūs, “licorice”). A folk etymology sometimes relates it to a supposed Egyptian suan (“beginning”), but this appears to be a ghost word or misinterpretation as no such word exists.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.ɛz/

Suez

1. A city in northeastern Egypt.
2. (with the definite article) Ellipsis of Suez Canal: the canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
3. A governorate of Egypt around the city and canal.

• Suze, Zeus

• IPA^(key): [ˈsuɛs]

Suez m inan (relational adjective suezský)

1. Suez (a town in northeastern Egypt)

• “Suez”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.et͡s/^*
• Rhymes: -uets
• Hyphenation: Sù‧ez

Suez f

1. Suez (a town in Egypt)

• Canale di Suez
• Golfo di Suez

• Zeus

Internationalism; ultimately from Arabic اَلسُّوَيْس (as-suways).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ɛs/

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• Rhymes: -uɛs
• Syllabification: Su‧ez

Suez m inan (related adjective sueski, demonym Suezyjczyk, female demonym Suezyjka)

1. Suez (a seaport city in northeastern Egypt)

   flaga Suezu ― Suez flag

   Przesyłka czekała na nas w Suezie, w kapitanacie portu. ― The shipment was waiting for us in Suez, at the port captain's office.

   • 1874, Michał Nowodworski, “Czerwone Morze”, in Encyklopedja Kościelna (tom III)‎^[1], Warszawa: Czerwiński i Spółka, page 656:

     między Kairem i Suezem, Nilem i morzem Czerwoném, ciągnie się wązka dolina […]

     between Cairo and Suez, the Nile and the Red Sea, there is a narrow valley […]

   • 1891, anonymous author, “Rozdział VIII. Obieżyświat gadułą”, in Podróż naokoło świata w 80-ciu dniach‎^[2], Warszawa-Lublin-Łódź: Gebethner i Wolff, page 41; translation of Jules Verne, Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours, 1872:

     Jesteśmy teraz w Suezie, nieprawdaż?
     — Tak, w Suezie. […]

     We're in Suez now, aren't we?
     — Yes, Suez. […]

   • 1912, Henryk Sienkiewicz, W pustyni i w puszczy‎^[3], 2nd edition, Warszawa: Gebethner i Wolff, page 501:

     Wracali do Suezu wybornym statkiem francuskim […]

     They returned to Suez on an excellent French ship […]

2. Suez (a governorate in northeastern Egypt)

• Urzędowy Wykaz Polskich Nazw Geograficznych Świata [Official List of Polish Geographical Names of the World]‎^[504] (in Polish), 2nd updated edition, Warszawa: Główny Urząd Geodezji i Kartografii, 2019, →ISBN
• “Suez”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

• IPA^(key): /sǔez/
• Hyphenation: Su‧ez

Sùez m inan (Cyrillic spelling Су̀ез)

1. Suez (a town in Egypt)

• IPA^(key): /ˈsweθ/ [ˈsweθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈswes/ [ˈswes] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: Suez

Suez m

1. Suez (a town in Egypt)