Befrielsetorget

Swedish

Etymology

befrielse (“liberation”) +‎ torg (“square”). Originally called "Midan Ismailia", after the 19th-century ruler Khedive Ismail, it was renamed after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Midan Tahrir (التحرير) means Liberation Square.

Proper noun

Befrielsetorget n (genitive Befrielsetorgets)

  1. Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Also known as Liberation Square

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