Editing Aswan (section)

==Other spellings and variations==
Aswan was formerly spelled Assuan or Assouan. Names in other languages include ({{langx|ar|أسوان|ʾAswān}}; [[Egyptian language|Ancient Egyptian]]: {{transliteration|egy|Swenett}}; {{langx|cop|Ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ|Souan}}; {{langx|grc|Συήνη|Suēnē}}; proposed [[Biblical Hebrew]]: סְוֵנֵה ''Sǝwēnê''). The [[Nubians]] also call the city ''Dib'' which means "''fortress, palace''" and is derived from the [[Old Nubian]] name ⲇⲡ̅ⲡⲓ.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hofmann|first=Inge|title=Nubisches Wörterverzeichnis: Nubisch-deutsches und deutsch-nubisches Wörterverzeichnis nach dem Kenzi-Material des Samuel Ali Hisen (1863–1927)|publisher=Academia Richarz|year=1986|location=Bonn|pages=49}}</ref>