Tinnis

Tennis or Tinnīs was a medieval city in which no longer exists. It was most prosperous from the 9th century to the 11th century until its abandonment. It was located at 31°12′N 32°14′E, on an island in , southwest of .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Ruin
  • Description: medieval city in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Tennis”, “Tennîs”, and “Tinnīs”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Fuad and Port Said.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
or Port Fouad is a city in , . is located in northeastern Egypt at the northwesternmost tip of the on the Asian side of the , across from the city of . is situated 10 km northeast of Tinnis.

Photo: Mohamed kamal 1984, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is 's third largest city, its second largest seaport and the entry point of the Suez Canal by the Mediterranean.

Locality
Port Said Airport serves the city of , , at the north end of the . In 2011, the airport served 36,962 passengers. is situated 10 km north of Tinnis.

Tinnis

Latitude
31.2° or 31° 12′ north
Longitude
32.23333° or 32° 14′ east
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
8G3J662M+28
Geo­Names ID
347272
Wiki­data ID
Q116575
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Tinnis” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تنيس”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة تنيس”
  • Catalan: “Tinnís”
  • Chinese: “Tennis”
  • Chinese: “塔尼斯”
  • Chinese: “田尼斯”
  • Dutch: “Tennis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تنيس”
  • Esperanto: “Tinnis”
  • Finnish: “Tennis”
  • Finnish: “Tinnis”
  • French: “Tinnis”
  • Indonesian: “Tinnis”
  • Italian: “Tinnis”
  • Japanese: “ティニス”
  • Japanese: “ティンニース”
  • Persian: “تنیس، مصر”
  • Persian: “تنیس”
  • Polish: “Tinnis”
  • Portuguese: “Ténis”
  • Portuguese: “Tennis”
  • Portuguese: “Tinnis”
  • Russian: “Тиннис”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تنیس، میصر”
  • Thai: “ตินนีส”
  • Yue Chinese: “庭尼斯”

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