Meaning Of The Word Faiyûm

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Faiyum in American English
adjective: pertaining to or designating a style of portrait painting developed in Egypt under Roman rule, examples of which have been found principally in the province of Faiyum dating from the 2nd and 3rd centuries a. d., characterized chiefly by the frontality of

Faiyûm in British English
city in N Egypt, just west of the Nile: pop. 213,000
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