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Etymology

From Middle French Egypte, from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aiguptos), from Mycenaean Greek *Aiguptos (nb. 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo) *Aiguptiyós 'Egyptian') (perhaps via Minoan) < Middle Egyptian *Ḥaʔat-Kuʔ-Patāḥa (ḥȝ.t kȝ ptḥ), literally 'The Temple of the Soul of Ptah', initially referring to the prominent temple in the city of Memphis once capital in the Middle Kingdom.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Singular Egypt

Plural -

Egypt

  1. A country in North Africa. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt.

Derived terms

See also

Czech

Proper noun

Egypt m.

  1. Egypt

Norwegian

Proper noun

Egypt

  1. Egypt

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Slovak

Proper noun

Egypt
Egypt stem
Egypta or Egyptu gen sg
declension pattern dub
  1. Egypt

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