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Mareotis
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(Arabic Mariut), the most westerly of the lakes in the Delta of Egypt. On the narrow strip of land separating the lake from the Mediterranean the city of Alexandria is built.
(See EGYPT; and ALEXANDRIA.)
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Mareotis'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​m/mareotis.html. 1910.