Meanings
Origin
- Egyptiand-mi-i-N21:Z1“mooring, port; town”
- Egyptiandmjt“town, harbor”
- Latin-etta“-ette: forming diminutives”
- Copticⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁϯ
- Medieval LatinDamietta
- EnglishDamietta
From Medieval Latin Damietta, from the medieval pronunciation /dɑmˈjɑdi/ of Coptic ⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁϯ (Tamiati) with influence from Latin -etta (“-ette: forming diminutives”), the former sometimes hypothesized to be from Egyptian dmjt (“town, harbor”), from Egyptian d-mi-i-N21:Z1 (dmj, “mooring, port; town”) + t (-t, feminine ending).
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Ancient Greek Ταμίαθις
- Ταμίαθις (Tamíathis)town in the Nile delta in Egypt
Arabic دُمْيَاط
- دُمْيَاط (dumyāṭ)town in the Nile delta in Egypt
Chinese Mandarin 杜姆亞特 /杜姆亚特, 達米埃塔 /达米埃塔
- 杜姆亞特 /杜姆亚特 (Dùmǔyàtè)town in the Nile delta in Egypt
- 達米埃塔 /达米埃塔 (Dámǐ'āitǎ)town in the Nile delta in Egypt
French Damiette
- Damiettetown in the Nile delta in Egypt
German Damiette
- Damiettetown in the Nile delta in Egypt
Greek Δαμιέτη
- Δαμιέτη (Damiéti)town in the Nile delta in Egypt
Hindi डैमियेटा
- डैमियेटा (ḍaimiyeṭā)town in the Nile delta in Egypt
Italian Damietta, Damiata
- Damiettatown in the Nile delta in Egypt
- Damiatatown in the Nile delta in Egypt
Latin Damietta, Tamiathis
- Damiettatown in the Nile delta in Egypt
- Tamiathistown in the Nile delta in Egypt
- Damietatown in the Nile delta in Egypt
- Tomiathianustown in the Nile delta in Egypt
Russian Думья́т
- Думья́т (Dumʹját)town in the Nile delta in Egypt
Spanish Damieta
- Damietatown in the Nile delta in Egypt
Turkish Dimyat, Dimyad
- Dimyattown in the Nile delta in Egypt
- Dimyadtown in the Nile delta in Egypt
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Cite this entry
Damietta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Damietta
“Damietta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Damietta. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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