. . . "Mero\u00EB (/\u02C8m\u025Bro\u028Ae\u026A/; also spelled Meroe; Meroitic: Medewi or Bedewi; Arabic: \u0645\u0631\u0648\u0627\u0647 Meruwah and \u0645\u0631\u0648\u0649 Meruwi; Ancient Greek: \u039C\u03B5\u03C1\u03CC\u03B7, Mer\u00F3\u0113) is an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of the Kabushiya station near Shendi, Sudan, approximately 200 km north-east of Khartoum. Near the site are a group of villages called Bagrawiyah. This city was the capital of the Kingdom of Kush for several centuries."@en . .