Upper Egypt

English

Proper noun

Upper Egypt

1. The southern portion of Egypt.

   Coordinate term: Lower Egypt

2. (Egyptology) The part of Ancient Egypt south of Memphis, so named because the Nile flows south to north.

Derived terms

• Upper Egyptian

Translations

Southern Egypt

• Arabic: صَعِيد مِصْر (ṣaʕid miṣr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上埃及 (zh) (Shàng Āijí)

• Coptic: ⲙⲁⲣⲏⲥ m (marēs)
• Dutch: Opper-Egypte n
• Egyptian: (šmꜥ)
• Finnish: Ylä-Egypti
• French: Haute-Égypte (fr)
• Galician: Alto Exipto m
• German: Oberägypten (de) n
• Irish: an Éigipt Uachtarach f
• Latin: Aegyptus superior m
• Portuguese: Alto Egito m
• Russian: Ве́рхний Еги́пет (ru) m (Vérxnij Jegípet)
• Spanish: Alto Egipto m
• Turkish: Yukarı Mısır (tr)