Zagazig

[ zah-gah-zeeg ]

/ ˌzɑ gɑˈzig /

a city in NE Egypt, on the Nile delta.

Also Zaqaziq.

Example sentences from the Web for zagazig

I was not to know it was written that I should spend the night in Zagazig; but such was the case.

Tales of Secret Egypt |Sax Rohmer
I was born in the year 1840 at Horiyeh, near Zagazig, in the Sherkieh.

Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt |Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Zagazig was reached the same afternoon, and though not so populous a place as Suez was much more alive and thrifty.

Due West |Maturin Murray Ballou
The serious cases are sent to the Egyptian hospital at Zagazig, where they are looked after by native doctors.

Turkish Prisoners in Egypt |Various

At Zagazig, the railroad from Cairo unites with that from Alexandria.

From Egypt to Japan |Henry M. Field

Zagazig

/ (ˈzæɡəˌzɪɡ) /

a city in NE Egypt, in the Nile Delta: major cotton market. Pop: 291 000 (2005 est)