Tinnis
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Tennis or Tinnīs (, ) was a medieval city in Egypt which no longer exists. It was most prosperous from the 9th century to the 11th century until its abandonment. It was located at 31°12′N 32°14′E, on an island in Lake Manzala, southwest of Port Said.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tinnis is referenced by 58 other articles, and connects out to Egypt, Nile and Middle East.
The entry is geolocated on the map in EG, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Archaeological sites in Egypt, History of Port Said and Islands of Egypt.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tennis
- Settlement.native_name
- ⲑⲉⲛⲛⲉⲥⲓ
- Settlement.map_caption
- Tennis, Egypt
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Egypt
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Egypt
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Port Said
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- EST
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Prosperity
- Culture and entertainment
- Abandonment
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Tennis or Tinnīs (, ) was a medieval city in Egypt which no longer exists. It was most prosperous from the 9th century to the 11th century until its abandonment. It was located at 31°12′N 32°14′E, on an island in Lake Manzala, southwest of Port Said.
==Etymology== The city's name was taken from Lake Tinnis, Lake Manzala's name at the time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tinnis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations