Kairouan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقَيْرُوَان‎ (al-qayruwān), from قَيْرُوَان‎ (qayruwān), in turn borrowed from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān); see there for more.

Proper noun

Kairouan (uncountable)

  1. A major city of the Umayyads, now in modern Tunisia.
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