Al Minya

::Alternate meaning: This article is about an Egyptian Governorate. For the Russian steam battleship, Netron Menya, see the List of Russian steam battleships.

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Al Minya (Arabic: ?????? ?????? ) is one of the governorates of Upper Egypt. The name originates from a tribesmen's (possibly Jordanians) old-fashioned Arabic dialect meaning of destiny/-nation. And it's dubbed by the locals as عروس الصعيد or the "Bride of Upper-Egypt". To represent its vitality for linking north of the nation with upper Egypt (southern part), also to race with Alexandria; being nicknamed the "Bride of the Mediterranean Sea" ? or عروس البحر المتوسط. The name may as well refer to a famous ancient Egyptian tradition, possibly near one of the ancient sites, known as the bride of the Nile, of a sacrificial practice of sinking a female virgin into the River Nile as a gift-wife for the annual flood to come high and early.

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Arabic - Governorates of - Upper Egypt - Tribesmen - Jordan - Old-fashioned - Alexandria - Mediterranean Sea - Ancient Egypt - Ancient site - Bride of the Nile - Practice of sinking - Virgin - River Nile - Flood

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