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- Arabic · derived fromبَنِي سُوَيْف
- English todayBeni Suef
From Arabic بَنِي سُوَيْف (banī suwayf), which in turn comes from older form مَنْفِسُوَيْه (manfisuwayh) of Coptic origin (*ⲡⲙⲁⲛⲡⲥⲱⲟⲩⲁϩ (*pmanpsōouah) “gathering place” has been proposed).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.