(clay). (1) A city of Egypt identified with Pelusium, “town of clay or mud,” on eastern mouth of Nile near the sea (Ezek. 30:15-16). (2) A desert portion of Arabia between Gulf of Suez and Sinai (Ex. 16:1; 17:1; Num. 33:11-12). It was in this wilderness that the Israelites were first fed with manna and quails. It skirts the eastern coast of the gulf for a distance of 25 miles.