ALL meanings of faiyum
Fai·yum
F f - noun faiyum Faiyum (def 2). 1
- adjective faiyum pertaining to or designating a style of portrait painting developed in Egypt under Roman rule, examples of which have been found principally in Faiyum dating from the 2nd and 3rd centuries a.d., characterized chiefly by the frontality of the head, the modeling of form, and emphasis on the eyes. 1
- noun faiyum city in N Egypt, just west of the Nile: pop. 213,000 0