Hawara

Meanings

Proper Noun

• village Egypt (country), and an Ancient Egyptian site near it, south of Crocodilopolis / Arsinoe, with a pyramid and a necropolis in which the Fayum mummy portraits were found.

Noun

• A member of an Arab tribe that settled in Egypt and was known for breeding horses and serving as cavalry.

Origin

• From Arabic هَوَارَة which in turn is from Demotic Ḥw.t-wr.t.