- MAREOTIS, LAKE
- a lagune in the N. of Egypt, 40 m. long by 18 m. broad, separated from the Mediterranean by a tongue of land on which part of Alexandria is situated.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
MAREOTIS, LAKE
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