Masr dictionary definition

masr

Proper noun

Origin

From the Arabic name for the country: مصر (miṣr, maṣr) (maṣr is a more colloquial pronunciation).

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About a mile south of the city is Masr-el-Atika, called by Europeans Old Cairo.
Most important of the quarters of Masr-el-Atika is that of Kasr-esh-Shama (Castle of the Candle), built within the outer walls of the Roman fortress of Babylon.
It received the name of Masr, properly Misr, which was also applied by the Arabs to Memphis and to Cairo, and is to-day, with the Roman town which preceded it, represented by Masr el-Atika, or " Old Cairo."
By degrees it became greater than El-Fostat, and took from it the name of Misr, or Masr, which is applied to it by the modern Egyptians.

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