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| Etymology: "City of the dog" | |
 A map of Ancient Egypt |
Cynopolis (Greek: Κυνόπολις and Κυνῶν πόλις for "city of the dog"[1]) was the Hellenistic toponym for two cities in ancient Egypt. Both Cynopolis superior and Cynopolis inferior were bishoprics in Christian times.[2]
- ^ Room (2006), p. 102
- ^ Wiltsch (1846), pp. 184f
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