Lake Moeris
The name "Moeris" is a Greek version (reformed as if from Greek Μοῖραι "the Fates") from Egyptian "mer-wer" ‘great canal’. Amenemhat III, who started this project, was also known as Moeris. In ancient Egypt, the lake was also variously called ‘the lake’, ‘pure lake’, and ‘Osiris’ lake’. During the Middle Kingdom, the whole area around the lake was often referred to as "mer-wer" as well. Similarly, the Late Egyptian word "Piom" ‘sea’, originally restricted to Lake Moeris, came to be used to refer to the city of Crocodilopolis (mod. Faiyum), then to the entire region in later times.