Egyptian
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative spellings
- Ægyptian (archaic)
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪ'dʒɪp.ʃən/, SAMPA: /I"dZIp.S@n/
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[edit] Adjective
Egyptian (not comparable)
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- Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
[edit] Translations
of, from, or pertaining to Egypt
of, from, or pertaining to Egyptians
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[edit] Noun
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Egyptian (plural Egyptians)
- A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
- (obsolete) A gypsy.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 457:
- The people then assembled in this barn were no other than a company of Egyptians, or, as they are vulgarly called, gypsies, and they were now celebrating the wedding of one of their society.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 457:
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person from Egypt
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[edit] Proper noun
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Egyptian
- The Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Egypt.
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