Egypt

== English == === Alternative forms === Ægypt (archaic) Ægipt, Aegipt, Egipt, Egipte (all obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English Egipt, from Middle French Egypte, from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (see also the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (a3-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (“Egypt; Memphis; the temple of Ptah in Memphis”, literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”), whose Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫikuptaḫ). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈiː.d͡ʒɪpt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈi.d͡ʒɪpt/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈidʒɪpʈ/, /ɪˈdʒɪpʈ/, (Latinate) /ˈɛɡɪpt̪/ === Proper noun === Egypt A country in North Africa and West Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo. (historical) A civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean. A number of places in the United States: A town in Craighead County, Arkansas. An unincorporated community in Effingham County, Georgia. An unincorporated community in Jordan Township, Jasper County, Indiana. An unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Auglaize County, Ohio. An extinct town in Belmont County, Ohio. A census-designated place in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. A ghost town in Leon County, Texas. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Texas. An unincorporated community in Wharton County, Texas. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, West Virginia. A former settlement in Summers County, West Virginia. A number of places in England: A tiny hamlet in Leckhampstead parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4476). A suburban village in Farnham Royal parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref SU9685). A suburb of Nailsworth, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST8499). A hamlet in Wonston parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4640). A hamlet near Thornton, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0933). A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. ==== Synonyms ==== (modern country): Synonyms: Arab Republic of Egypt, Masr, Misr (civilization): Ancient Egypt, Egyptian civilization ==== Derived terms ==== Egyptian gypsy Upper Egypt ==== Descendants ==== → Burmese: အီဂျစ် (igyac) → Chinese: 埃及 (Āijí) → Korean: 애굽 (Aegup) → Vietnamese: Ai Cập → Cornish: Ejyp → Gujarati: ઇજિપ્ત (ijipt) → Hindi: इजिप्ट (ijipṭ), इजिप्त (ijipt) → Iban: Ejip → Japanese: エジプト (Ejiputo) → Kannada: ಈಜಿಪ್ಟ್ (ījipṭ) → Korean: 이집트 (Ijipteu) → Malayalam: ഈജിപ്റ്റ് (ījipṟṟ‌) → Māori: Īhipa → Marathi: इजिप्त (ijipta) → Navajo: Ííjip → Nepali: इजिप्ट (ijipṭa) → Odia: ଇଜିପ୍ଟ (ijipṭa) → Paiwan: Idjiputu → Telugu: ఈజిప్టు (ījipṭu) → Thai: อียิปต์ (ii-yìp) ==== Translations ==== === See also === United Arab Republic Appendix:Countries of the world Category:Places in Egypt === References === === Further reading === Egypt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Egypt (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Czech Ejipt(us), Egypt(us), from Latin Aegyptus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛɡɪpt] === Proper noun === Egypt m inan (relational adjective egyptský, demonym Egypťan, female demonym Egypťanka) Egypt (a country in North Africa and West Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Egypt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “Egypt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “Egypt”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Proper noun === Egypt Egypt (a country in North Africa and West Asia) ==== Related terms ==== egypter egyptisk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Proper noun === Egypt Egypt (a country in North Africa and West Asia) ==== Related terms ==== egyptar egyptisk == Old Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈɛɡɨpt/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈɛɡipt/ === Noun === Egypt m inan alternative form of Ejipt ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “Egypt”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění == Slovak == === Etymology === Derived from Latin Aegyptus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛɡipt/ === Proper noun === Egypt m inan (relational adjective egyptský) Egypt (a country in North Africa and West Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Egypťan m, Egypťanka f egyptčina f Horný Egypt m, Dolný Egypt m === Further reading === “Egypt”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026