Editing Rosetta (section)

==Etymology==
The name of the town most likely comes from an Arabic name ''[[Rashid (name)|Rašīd]]'' (meaning "guide")<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Peust|first=Carsten|title=Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypte|year=2010|location=Göttingen|pages=75}}</ref> and was transcribed and corrupted in numerous ways – the name ''Rexi'' was used by the Crusaders in Middle Ages<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Forster|first=E. M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IROKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT133|title=Alexandria: A History and a Guide|year=2021|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|language=en}}</ref> and ''Rosetta'' or ''Rosette'' ("little rose" in Italian and French respectively) was used by the French at the time of [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s campaign [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria|in Egypt]]. The latter lent its name to the [[Rosetta Stone]] ({{langx|fr|Pierre de Rosette}}), which was found by French soldiers at the nearby [[Fort Julien]] in 1799.

Some scholars believe that there is no evidence that the city's name comes from [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]], and the Coptic form {{lang|cop|ϯⲣⲁϣⲓⲧ}} is just a late transcription of the Arabic name.<ref name=":0" /> Some argue that it could be derived from {{Langx|egy|rꜣ-šdı͗|lit=dug up mouth (of the Nile)}} and that the name is ancient.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Engsheden |first=Âke |title=Ancient Place-Names in the Governorate of Kafr el-Sheikh |date=15 August 2023 |publisher=Peeters |isbn=9789042941755 |location=Leuven |pages=16}}</ref>