Egypt

English

Alternative forms

• Ægypt, Ægipt, Aegipt, Egipt, Egipte (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 (ai-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, US) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.dʒɪpt/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Egypt

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

Synonyms

• (modern country): Arab Republic of Egypt
• (civilization): Ancient Egypt, Egyptian civilization

Derived terms

• Egyptian
• gypsy

Translations

country in North Africa

• Abkhaz: Мысра (Məsra), Мсыр (Msər)
• Adyghe: Мысыр (Məsər)
• Afrikaans: Egipte (af)
• Aghwan: 𐔴𐔲𐔼𐕢𐕜𐕒𐕚 (egipṭos)
• Akan: Misrim
• Akkadian: 𒆳𒈬𒀫 (māt muṣur)
• Albanian: Egjipt m, Misr m
• Amharic: ግብፅ (gəbṣ́), ምሥር (məśr)
• Antillean Creole: Ejip f
• Arabic: مِصْر‎ (ar) f (miṣr)

  Egyptian Arabic: مصر‎ f (maṣr)

  Gulf Arabic: مصر‎ f (maṣir)

  Hijazi Arabic: مَصُر‎ f (maṣur)

  Moroccan Arabic: مصر‎ (miṣr)

• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: מצרין‎ (miṣrēn)

  Syriac: ܡܨܪܝܢ‎ (miṣrēn)

• Armenian: Եգիպտոս (hy) (Egiptos)
• Assamese: মিছৰ (misor)
• Asturian: Exiptu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: Misir (az)
• Bashkir: Мысыр (Mïsïr)
• Bavarian: Egyptn n, Ägyptn n, Ägypten n
• Beja: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: Егі́пет m (Jehípjet)
• Bengali: মিশর (bn) (miśôr), মিসর (miśôr)
• Breton: Egipt (br)
• Bulgarian: Еги́пет (bg) m (Egípet)
• Burmese: အီဂျစ် (igyac)
• Catalan: Egipte (ca) m
• Chechen: Мисар (Misar)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 埃及 (oi¹ kap⁶)

  Hakka: 埃及 (Âi-khi̍p)

  Mandarin: 埃及 (zh) (Āijí)

  Min Dong: 埃及 (Ăi-gĭk)

  Min Nan: 埃及 (Ai-ki̍p)

  Wu: 埃及 (e jiq)

• Coptic: ⲕⲏⲙⲉ (kēme) (Sahidic), ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (khēmi) (Bahairic)
• Cornish: Ejyp m
• Corsican: Egittu m
• Crimean Tatar: Mısır
• Czech: Egypt (cs) m
• Danish: Egypten (da) n, Ægypten (da) n
• Dhivehi: މިޞްރު‎ (mişru)
• Dutch: Egypte (nl)
• Egyptian: (kmt f), (tꜣwj m du)
• Esperanto: Egiptio (eo), Egiptujo (eo)
• Estonian: Egiptus (et)
• Farefare: Egipto
• Faroese: Egyptaland n
• Finnish: Egypti (fi)
• French: Égypte (fr) f
• Galician: Exipto (gl) m
• Georgian: ეგვიპტე (ka) (egviṗṭe)
• German: Ägypten (de) n, Altes Ägypten n (ancient), Altägypten n (ancient)
• Greek: Αίγυπτος (el) f (Aígyptos)

  Ancient: Αἴγυπτος f (Aíguptos)

• Gujarati: મિસર (misar), ઇજિપ્ત (ijipt)
• Haitian Creole: Ejip f
• Hausa: Masar, Misira
• Hawaiian: ʻAikupika
• Hebrew: מִצְרַיִם‎ (he) f (mitsráyim)
• Hindi: मिस्र (hi) m (misra), इजिप्ट (ijipṭ), इजिप्त (hi) (ijipt), मिस्त्र (hi) (mistra), मिसर (hi) m (misar)
• Hittite: 𒈪𒄑𒊑 (mi-iz-ri /mid͡zri/)
• Hungarian: Egyiptom (hu)
• Icelandic: Egyptaland (is) n, Egiptaland n
• Ido: Egiptia (io)
• Indonesian: Mesir (id)
• Interlingua: Egypto
• Irish: An Éigipt (ga) f, Poblacht Arabach na hÉigipte f
• Italian: Egitto (it) m
• Japanese: エジプト (ja) (Ejiputo) (埃及 (ja) (Ejiputo))
• Jarai: čar Êjĭp
• Kabyle: Maṣer
• Kalenjin: Misri
• Kamba: Misri
• Kannada: ಈಜಿಪ್ಟ್ (kn) (ījipṭ)
• Kapampangan: Eyiptu
• Kashmiri: مِسر‎ (misr)
• Kazakh: Мысыр (Mısır)
• Khmer: អេហ្ស៊ីប (km) (ʼeeziip)
• Kikuyu: Misri
• Korean: 이집트 (ko) (Ijipteu)
• Krymchak: Мысыр
• Kumyk: Мисри (Misri)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: میسر‎ (mîsr)

  Northern Kurdish: Misir (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Мысыр (Mısır), Эгипет (Egipet)
• Ladino: Ayifto

• Lao: ເອຢິບ (ʼē yip)
• Latin: Aegyptus (la) f
• Latvian: Ēģipte (lv) f
• Lezgi: Мисри (Misri)
• Lithuanian: Egiptas (lt) m
• Luhya: Misri
• Luo: Misri
• Macedonian: Египет (mk) m (Egipet)
• Malagasy: Ejipta (mg)
• Malay: Mesir (ms)
• Malayalam: ഈജിപ്റ്റ്‌ (ījipṟṟ‌)
• Maltese: l-Eġittu
• Manchu: ᡝᡤᡳᡦᡨ (egipt)
• Manx: Eajipt f
• Maori: Īhipa
• Maranao: Misir
• Marathi: इजिप्त (ijipta)
• Meru: Misri
• Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭲𐭮‎𐭠𐭢‎‎ (agīptôs)
• Mongolian: Египет (mn) (Yegipet), Мисир (Misir)
• Navajo: Ííjip
• Neapolitan: Naggitto m
• Norman: Êgypte f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Egypt (no)

  Nynorsk: Egypt (nn)

• Nubian:

  Nobiin: Másser (ⲙⲁ́ⲥⲥⲉⲣ), Mísser (ⲙⲓ́ⲥⲥⲉⲣ)

• Occitan: Egipte (oc) m
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Єгѷптъ m (Egü̏ptŭ)

• Old English: Egypta land n
• Old Norse: Egiptaland n
• Old Persian: 𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹 (mudrāya)
• Oriya: ମିଶର (or) (miśôrô), ଇଜିପ୍ଟ (ijipṭô), ମିଶର୍ (or) (miśôr), ମିଶ୍ର (or) (miśrô)
• Ossetian: Мысыр (Mysyr), Египет (Egipet)
• Paiwan: Idjiputu
• Pashto: مصر‎ m (mesr)
• Persian: مصر‎ (fa) (mesr)
• Plautdietsch: Äjipten n
• Polish: Egipt (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Egipto (pt) m (Portugal), Egito (pt) m (Brazil)
• Punjabi: ਮਿਸਰ (misar), مِصر‎ (miṣr)
• Quechua: Ihiptu
• Rarotongan: ‘Aiviti
• Romanian: Egipt (ro) n
• Romansch: Egipta f
• Russian: Еги́пет (ru) m inan (Jegípet)
• Rusyn: Еґі́пет m (Egípet)
• Reunionese Creole French: Ézip f
• Samoan: 'Aikupito
• Sanskrit: ईजिप्तदेश (ījiptadeśa), मिसर (sa) m or n (misara)
• Scots: Egyp
• Scottish Gaelic: An Èipheit
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ѐгипат m, Мѝсӣр m

  Roman: Ègipat (sh) m, Mìsīr (sh) m

• Sicilian: Eggittu m
• Sinhalese: ඊජිප්තුව (ījiptuwa), මිසරය (misaraya)
• Siwi: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: Egypt (sk) m
• Slovene: Egípt (sl) m
• Somali: Masar
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Egyptojska f

• Spanish: Egipto (es) m
• Sundanese: Mesir
• Swahili: Misri (sw)
• Swedish: Egypten (sv) n
• Tagalog: Ehipto (tl)
• Tajik: Миср (tg) (Misr)
• Tamil: எகிப்து (ta) (ekiptu)
• Tatar: Мисыр (Misır)
• Tausug: Misil
• Telugu: ఈజిప్టు (ījipṭu)
• Thai: อียิปต์ (th) (ii-yìp), ไอยคุปต์ (th) (ai-yá-kúp) (literary, ancient Egypt)
• Tibetan: ཨའི་ཅི (a'i ci)
• Tigrinya: ግብጺ (gəbṣi)
• Turkish: Mısır (tr)
• Turkmen: Müsür
• Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎎 (mṣrm)
• Ukrainian: Єги́пет (uk) m (Jehýpet), Єґи́пет m (Jegýpet)
• Urdu: مصر‎ m (misr)
• Uyghur: مىسىر‎ (misir)
• Uzbek: Misr (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ai Cập (vi) (埃及 (vi))
• Volapük: Lägüptän (vo)
• Võro: Egüptüs
• Welsh: yr Aifft f
• Western Panjabi: مصر‎
• Yakan: Misil
• Yakut: Эгиипэт (Egiipet)
• Yiddish: מצרים‎ (mitsrayem), עגיפּטן‎ (egiptn)
• Yoruba: Íjíbítì
• Zhuang: Aehciz

See also

• United Arab Republic
• Appendix:Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
• Category:Places in Egypt
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries) [edit]}

Further reading

• Egypt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛɡɪpt]

• Audio

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Proper noun

Egypt m inan

1. Egypt

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Egypťan
• Egypťanka

• egyptský
• egyptština

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Egypt

1. Egypt

Related terms

• egypter
• egyptisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Egypt

1. Egypt

Related terms

• egyptar
• egyptisk

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Slovak

Etymology

From Latin Aegyptus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡipt/

Proper noun

Egypt m (genitive Egypta or Egyptu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Egypt (a country in Africa)

Declension

Declension of Egypt

	singulare tantum
nominative	Egypt
genitive	Egypta, Egyptu
dative	Egyptu
accusative	Egypt
locative	Egypte
instrumental	Egyptom

Derived terms

• Egypťan m, Egypťanka f
• egyptský
• egyptčina f
• Horný Egypt m, Dolný Egypt m

References

• Egypt in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk