Fustat

English

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Etymology

From Arabic الفُسطاط (al-Fusṭāṭ).

Proper noun

Fustat

  1. (historical) Synonym of Cairo, a city in Egypt, as the capital of Egypt under the Rashidun, Umayyad, and Abbasid Caliphates and as the capital of the Fatimid Caliphate.

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