Egyptaland

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Egiptaland; first part from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (already found in the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”), referring to Ptah’s temple in the important city of Memphis, whose Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫikuptaḫ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eˈtʃɪʰptalant]

Proper noun

Egyptaland n

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Declension

n8 -land	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Egyptaland
Accusative
Dative	Egyptalandi
Genitive	Egyptalands

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Egiptaland; first part from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (already found in the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”), referring to Ptah’s temple in the important city of Memphis, whose Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫikuptaḫ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːcɪftaˌlant/

  Rhymes: -ant

Proper noun

Egyptaland n

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Declension

declension of Egyptaland

n-s	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Egyptaland
accusative	Egyptaland
dative	Egyptalandi
genitive	Egyptalands