Egypt

Alternative forms

• Ægypt, Ægipt, Aegipt (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French Egypte, from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (see also the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)), from Egyptian ḥwt kꜣ ptḥ (literally, 'The temple of the ka of Ptah', referring to Ptah's temple in the important city of Memphis), whose Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫikuptaḫ).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.dʒɪpt/

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Proper noun

Egypt

1. A country in North Africa. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt.
2. (historical) A civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean.

See also

• United Arab Republic
• Appendix:Countries of the world
• Appendix:Place names in Egypt

Further reading

• Egypt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Egypt m

1. Egypt

Proper noun

Egypt

1. Egypt

Proper noun

Egypt

1. Egypt

Etymology

From Latin Aegyptus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡipt/

Proper noun

Egypt m (genitive Egypta, Egyptu) declension pattern dub

1. Egypt

References

• Egypt in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk