Qiman al-Arus
Qiman al-Arus قمن العروس Koma | |
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Coordinates: 29°18′00″N 31°10′10″E / 29.30000°N 31.16944°E | |
Country | Egypt |
Governorate | Beni Suef |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 28,246 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
Qiman al-Arus (Arabic: قمن العروس, Coptic: ⲧⲕⲉⲙⲏⲛ, Ancient Greek: Κομά, Komá)[1] is a village in the Beni Suef Governorate of Egypt.
The city's name comes from Ancient Egyptian: Tꜣ-jꜣd.t-kꜣ-mn, lit. 'the-field-of-the-lasting(?)-bull'.[2]
It is famed as the birthplace of St. Anthony, whose hagiography claimed his family was wealthy and owned sizable estates in the area in the early 3rd century AD.[3]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Stefan, Timm (1988). Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. pp. 2154–2156.
- ^ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 73.
- ^ EB (1878).
Bibliography
[edit]- , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. II (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1878, p. 106.