Egypt

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Proper noun 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 See also 2 Czech 2.1 Proper noun 3 Norwegian 3.1 Proper noun 3.1.1 Related terms 4 Slovak 4.1 Proper noun 4.1.1 Derived terms

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Wikipedia

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• Ægypt (archaic)

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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.

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• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈiː.dʒɪpt/
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Singular Egypt

Plural -

Egypt

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

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• Egyptian
• gypsy

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• Countries of the world

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Egypt m.

1. Egypt

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Egypt

1. Egypt

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• egypter
• egyptisk

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Egypt

Egypt stem

Egypta or Egyptu gen sg

declension pattern dub

1. Egypt

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• Egypťan
• egyptčina
• egyptský