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Luxor
Luxor ( or ;〔''Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition''. Merriam-Webster, 2007. p. 1557〕 (アラビア語:الأقصر) '; Egyptian Arabic: ' ; Sa'idi Arabic: ' ) is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate. The population numbers 487,896 (2010 estimate),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World Gazetteer - Egypt: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population ) (retrieved 2010-7-27)〕 with an area of approximately .〔http://www.luxor.gov.eg/population.htm〕 As the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open-air museum", as the ruins of the temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor stand within the modern city. Immediately opposite, across the River Nile, lie the monuments, temples and tombs of the West Bank Necropolis, which includes the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens. Thousands of tourists from all around the world arrive annually to visit these monuments, contributing greatly to the economy of the modern city.
==Etymology==
The name ''Luxor'' comes from the Arabic ' (), ''lit.'' "the palaces," from the ''pl.'' of ' (), which is a loanword from the Latin ''castrum'' "fortified camp".〔Online Etymology Dictionary: (Luxor )〕 (Compare Alcázar of Seville)
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