Egipto

See also: egipto

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Egipto

1. Egypt (a country in Africa)

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Egipto

1. Egypt (a country in Africa)

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Classical Nahuatl

Proper noun

Egipto

1. Egypt

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eˈɡipto]
• Rhymes: -ipto
• Hyphenation: E‧gip‧to

Proper noun

Egipto (accusative Egipton)

1. Egypt

   Synonyms: Egiptio, Egiptujo

   • 1907, Kabe, chapter 1, in La Faraono, part 1, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:

     En la tridek-tria jaro de l' feliĉa regado de Ramzes XII, Egipto festis du solenojn, kiuj plenigis ĝiajn ortodoksajn loĝantojn per fiero kaj feliĉo.

     In the thirty-third year of the happy reign of Ramses XII, Egypt celebrated two events that filled her loyal inhabitants with pride and joy.

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Aegyptus (“Egypt”), from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos, “Egypt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ˈd͡ʒip.to/

Proper noun

Egipto

1. Egypt
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 14 (facsimile):

     fugiu con el a Egipto. terra de Reẏ Faraon.

     ran away with him to Egypt, land of the Pharaoh king.

Descendants

• Galician: Exipto
• Portuguese: Egipto, Egito

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈʒi.ptu/

• Hyphenation: E‧gip‧to

Proper noun

Egipto m

1. Superseded spelling of Egito. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
2. Eye dialect spelling of Egito, representing Portugal Portuguese.

Usage notes

This form was superseded by the 1990 Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement, but it's still used in Portugal.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈxibto/ [eˈxiβ̞.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -ibto
• Hyphenation: E‧gip‧to

Proper noun

Egipto m

1. Egypt

Derived terms

• egiptano
• egiptología
• egiptólogo

Related terms

• egipciaco, egipcíaco
• egipciano
• egipcio

Descendants

• → Tagalog: Ehipto

Further reading

• “Egipto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Egipto

1. Egypt (a country in Africa)

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Yucatec Maya

Proper noun

Egipto

1. Egypt (a country in Africa)