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”), the former sometimes hypothesized to be from Egyptian dmjt (“town, harbor”), from Egyptian (dmj, “mooring, port; town”) + (-t, feminine ending).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Damietta

1. 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: دمیاط (Dimyat)
• Russian: Думья́т (Dumʹját)
• Spanish: Damieta
• Turkish: Dimyat (tr), Dimyad

Anagrams

• tatamied

Italian

Alternative forms

• Damiata

Proper noun

Damietta f

1. Damietta (a town in Egypt)

Anagrams

• meditata, metadati