See also:

• KENA, or KENEH (sometimes written Qina)

KENA, or KENEH (sometimes written Qina)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of Upper See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt on a See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal about a mile E. of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile and 380 M . S.S.E. of See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1907), 20,069 . See also:

• KENA, or KENEH (sometimes written Qina)

Kena, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of a See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of the same name, was called by the Greeks Caene or Caenepolis (probably the See also:

• NERI, PHILIP (FILIppo DE) (1515-1595)

NEri rats of See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus; see See also:

• AKHMIM

AKHMIM) in distinction from See also:

• COPTOS (Egyptian Keft, Kebto)

Coptos (q.v.), 15 M . S., to whose See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade it eventually succeeded . It is a remarkable fact that its See also:

• MODERN

modern name should be derived from a purely See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek word, like Iskenderia from See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria, and Nekrash from See also:

• NAUCRATIS

Naucratis; in the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of any known See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian name it seems to point to Kena having originated in a See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement in connexion with the Red See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea trade . It is a flourishing town, specially noted for the manufacture of the porous See also:

• WATER

water jars and bottles used throughout Egypt . The See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay for making them is obtained from a valley See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of Kena . The pottery is sent down the Nile in specially constructed boats . Kena is also known for the excellence of the See also:

• DATES

dates sold in its bazaars and for the large See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of dancing girls who live there . It carries on a trade in See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and dates with See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia, via Kosseir on the Red Sea, See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo m .

E. in a See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• LINE

line . This inconsiderable See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic is all that is See also:

• LEFT

left of the extensive See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce formerly maintained—chiefly via See also:

• BERENICE
• BERENICE, or BERNICE

Berenice and Coptos—between Upper Egypt and See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India and Arabia . The road to Kosseir is one of See also:

• GREAT

great antiquity . It leads through the valley of Hammamat, celebrated for its See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• BRECCIA

breccia quarries and deserted See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold mines . During the See also:

• BRITISH

British operations in Egypt in 18o1 See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• BAIRD, HENRY MARTYN (1832—1906)
• BAIRD, JAMES (1802—1876)
• BAIRD, SIR DAVID (1757—1829)
• BAIRD, SPENCER FULLERTON (1823--1887)

Baird and his force marched along this road to Kena, taking sixteen days on the See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey from Kosseir .