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Hawara

Hawara proper noun: a village in Egypt, and an Ancient Egyptian site near it, south of Crocodilopolis / Arsinoe, with a pyramid and a necropolis in which the Fayum mummy portraits were found.

Proper noun

Hawara

  1. A village in Egypt, and an Ancient Egyptian site near it, south of Crocodilopolis / Arsinoe, with a pyramid and a necropolis in which the Fayum mummy portraits were found.

Noun

Hawara (plural Hawaras or Hawara)

  1. A member of an Amazigh tribe that settled in Egypt and was known for breeding horses and serving as cavalry.

Forms of Hawara

pluralHawaras
pluralHawara
alternative formHawwarah

Origin of Hawara

From Arabic هَوَارَة (hawāra) which in turn is from Demotic Egyptian ḥw.t-wr.t (“the great mansion”), from Egyptian ḥwt (“enclosure, mansion”) + wrt (“large, great”).

Questions about Hawara

What does Hawara mean?
Hawara means a village in Egypt, and an Ancient Egyptian site near it, south of Crocodilopolis / Arsinoe, with a pyramid and a necropolis in which the Fayum mummy portraits were found.
What part of speech is Hawara?
Hawara can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Hawara in the dictionary

  1. hawaldars
  2. hawalla
  3. hawalladar
  4. hawalladars
  5. hawallas
  6. Hawara
  7. Hawarden
  8. Hawari
  9. Hawaris
  10. haway
  11. HAWB

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