Port Said

UK: /ˈpɔːt ˈsɑːiːd/, /pɔːt ˈsaɪd/ US: (sä ēd′)

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Port′ Sa•id′  (sä ēd′), 

1. Place Names a seaport in NE Egypt at the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal. 310,000.

Also, Port′ Sa•ïd′. 

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Port Said / ˈsɑːiːd saɪd/ noun

1. a port in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Suez Canal: founded in 1859 when the Suez Canal was begun; became the largest coaling station in the world and later an oil-bunkering port; damaged in the Arab-Israeli wars of 1967 and 1973. Pop: 546 000 (2005 est)