Beni Mazar (
Arabic:
بَنِي مَزَار) is a rural
town in
Egypt. It is located in the
Minya Governorate, on the west bank of the
Nile. The older name of the town is
Shinwada (
Arabic:
شِنُوادة or شِنُوَدة) which comes from Sahidic
Coptic:
ϭⲓⲛⲟⲩⲟⲟⲧⲉ (Bohairic: ϣⲓⲛⲟⲩⲟϯ) meaning "kailyard".
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