Egypt
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[edit] English
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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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Egypt
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country in North Africa
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[edit] Czech
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Egypt m.
[edit] Norwegian
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Egypt
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[edit] Slovak
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- Egypt
- Egypt stem
- Egypta or Egyptu gen sg
- declension pattern dub
![I6 [km] km](/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_I6.png)
![G17 [m] m](/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_G17.png)
![X1 [t] t](/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_X1.png)
