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]
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^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.
qiman, arus, arabic, قمن, العروس, coptic, ⲧⲕⲉⲙⲏⲛ, ancient, greek, Κομά, komá, village, beni, suef, governorate, egypt, قمن, العروسkomalocation, egyptcoordinates, 3002917, 1687278, 3002917, 1687278country, egyptgovernoratebeni, suefpopulation, 2006, total28, 24. Qiman al Arus Arabic قمن العروس Coptic ⲧⲕⲉⲙⲏⲛ Ancient Greek Koma Koma 1 is a village in the Beni Suef Governorate of Egypt Qiman al Arus قمن العروسKomaQiman al ArusLocation in EgyptCoordinates 29 18 1 05 N 31 10 7 42 E 29 3002917 N 31 1687278 E 29 3002917 31 1687278Country EgyptGovernorateBeni SuefPopulation 2006 Total28 246Time zoneUTC 2 EST 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 editCitations edit Stefan Timm 1988 Das christlich koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit pp 2154 2156 Peust Carsten Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Agypten PDF p 73 EB 1878 Bibliography edit Saint Anthony Encyclopaedia Britannica 9th ed Vol II New York Charles Scribner s Sons 1878 p 106 nbsp This article about an Ancient Greek colony settlement or region is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about subjects relating to Ancient Egypt is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Qiman al Arus amp oldid 1170435347, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
