List of Coptic place names
Coptic place names in Egypt
The list contains place names in Coptic language .
| Name (Latin script) | Name (Coptic script) | Name (arabic) | Meaning of the name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ermont | ⲉⲣⲙⲉⲛⲧ | Armant | Name derived from City of God Month |
| Timinhor | Ⲧⲙⲉⲛ ϩ ⲱⲣ | Damanhur | Name derived from the city of Horus |
| Pousire | Abu Sir Bana | House (temple) of (god) Osiris | |
| Ho | Hi W | Name derived from mansion / castle | |
| Athrebi | Attribute | Castle in the Central Plateau | |
| Tabennesi | Dafani | Chapel of the goddess Isis | |
| Pounemou | Tall al-Balamun | Island of Amun | |
| Peremoun | Tall al-Farama | the god Amun created | |
| Petemout | ⲘⲈⲦⲈⲘⲞⲨⲦ | Tall al-Madamud | the city giving it the goddess Mut gave |
| Sbon | Asfun al-Mata'nah | Castle of King Snefru | |
| Tbercot | Farshut | pond | |
| Lehone | Al-Lahun | Mouth of the lake (from Fayyum) | |
| Phiom | Ⲡⲉⲓⲟⲙ | Al-Fayyūm | the sea |
| Sobt | Juice al-Hinnah | fortress | |
| Souan | ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ | Aswan | market |
| Tkoou | Qaw al-Kibli | High mountain | |
| Touho | Taha | the settlement | |
| Tehne | Tihna | the crest | |
| Keft | Ⲕⲉ ϥ ⲧ | Qift | |
| Embo | ⲉⲙⲃⲱ | Kom Ombo | |
| Esne | Isna | ||
| Sioout | ⲥⲓⲟⲟⲩⲧ | Asyut | |
| Manbalot | Manfalut | Place of wool | |
| Shortcoming | Manaqabad | Place the pots | |
| Manlau | Mallawi | Place of clothing | |
| Aleksandria | ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ | Alexandria | |
| Tapotheque | Abusive | ||
| Phystaton | al-Fustat | ||
| Tmoone | ⲑⲙⲟⲛⲏ | al-Minya | the residence |
| Khmin | Ahmim | ||
| Petpeh | Atfih | the first of the cows | |
| Pemdje | Bahariyya | ||
| Panisuf | Ⲡⲁⲛⲓⲥⲱ ϥ | Bani Suwaif | |
| Hebit | Behbeit el-Hagar | ||
| Phelbs | Bilbeis | ||
| Xeos | Saha | ||
| Tamiat | Damiette | ||
| Atbo | Edfu | ||
| Tine | Girga | ||
| Giza | ⲅⲓⲍⲁ | Giza | |
| Ammonia | Mersa Matruh | ||
| Nitria | Al Barnuji | ||
| Pedeme | Qasr Ibrim | ||
| Thaghos | al-Quseir | ||
| Kos | Ⲕⲱⲥ | al-Qusiyya | |
| Bolbitine | rosette | ||
| Philotera | Safaga | ||
| Baranis | Sollum | ||
| Sekhetam | Siwa oasis | Palm land | |
| Serapeum | Sr'bium | Temple of the deity Serapis | |
| Djanet | Tanis | ||
| Tehne | Tihna al-Jabal | ||
| Tuot | El-death | ||
| Tahenet | Tuna el-Gebel | ||
| Troyu | Tura | ||
| Kaine | Qina (city) | ||
| Clysma | Sue | Name of the port city built under Trajan | |
| Sai | Sa al-Hagar | ||
| Piemro | Kom Gieif | ||
| Hnas | Ϩ ⲛⲏⲥ | Ehnasya el-Medina | Place of the new king, chosen and appointed by the deity Herischef |
| Abdju | Abidus | The name Abydos comes from the ancient Greek Άβυδος, which Greek geographers adopted from Abydos in Asia Minor. | |
| Sihet | Ϣ ⲓ ϩ ⲏⲧ | Wadi El Natrun | Measure the heart |
| Thmoufi | Temai el Amdid | ||
| Shmounein | Ϣ ⲙⲟⲩⲛⲉⲓⲛ | El Ashmunein | the eighth city |
| Tape | Jībah | ||
| Tent gates | Dandara | ||
| Djeme | Medinet Habu | ||
| Baset | Tall Basṭa | House of the goddess Bastet | |
| Pethom | Tell el-Maschuta | House of Atum | |
| Ansena | Sheikh Ibada | ||
| Hebit | Behbeit el-Hagar | ||
| Seneset | Nag Hammadi | ||
| Teudjo | El-Hibe | ||
| Picuat | Abukir | ||
| Behdet | Nag el-Mescheich | ||
| Saww | Mersa Gawasis | ||
| Onuphis | Mahallat Minuf | ||
| Psoi | El-Mansha | ||
| Shashotep | Shutb | ||
| Dyebenute | ????? | Samannūd | |
| Tahpanhes | Tell Defenneh | ||
| Tebtynis | Tell Umm el-Baragat | ||
| Ero | Tell el-Maschuta | ||
| Taremu | Tell al Muqdam | ||
| Terenuthis | Tarraneh | ||
| Nubet | Naqada (city) |
literature
- Mounir Megally: Toponymy, Coptic. In: The Coptic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. Macmillan, 1991, PDF .