Port Said,

Port Said, a town of Egypt, on the west side of the Suez Canal, on a desolate strip of land between Lake Menzaleh and the Mediterranean. The place owes its origin to the Suez Canal (q.v.), being named after Said Pasha, its promoter, and depends wholly on the canal trade, mainly as a coaling-station. Pop. (1882) 16,560; (1897) 42,095.