Ashmoun

Ashmoun (أشمون) is a city in the south of Monufia Governorate, Egypt.

The city's Arabic name comes from Coptic Chmoumi (ϭⲙⲟⲩⲙⲓ), of unclear etymology, that could be possibly related to a Coptic word for "spring, source" (ⲙⲟⲩⲙⲓ). It was also known as Ashmoun Gerisat (اشمون جريسات), a calque of ϭⲙⲟⲩⲙⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡϯϩⲟⲧ, where Ptihot is a name of a nearby town, modern Gerays (جريس).