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(Redirected from Koma, Egypt) Place in Beni Suef, Egypt
Qiman al-Arus قمن العروسKoma
Qiman al-Arus is located in EgyptQiman al-ArusQiman al-ArusLocation in Egypt
Coordinates: 29°18′00″N 31°10′10″E / 29.30000°N 31.16944°E / 29.30000; 31.16944
Country Egypt
GovernorateBeni Suef
Population
 • Total28,246
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)

Qiman al-Arus (Arabic: قمن العروس, Coptic: ⲧⲕⲉⲙⲏⲛ, Ancient Greek: Κομά, Komá) 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'.

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.

References

Citations

  1. Stefan, Timm (1988). Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. pp. 2154–2156.
  2. Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 73.
  3. EB (1878).

Bibliography

  • "Saint Anthony" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. II (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1878, p. 106.


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