Etymology

Fustat

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Arabic الفُسْطَاط
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromالفُسْطَاط
  2. English todayFustat

Borrowed from Arabic الفُسْطَاط (al-fusṭāṭ).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.