Egito

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Egipto (pre-1990 spelling, occasionally used in Portugal)
• Egypto (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Egipto (“Egypt”), borrowed from Latin Aegyptus (“Egypt”), from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos, “Egypt”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈʒi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈʒi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈʒi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈʒi.tu/, /iˈʒi.ptu/

• Hyphenation: E‧gi‧to

Proper noun

Egito m

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
2. Egypt, Ancient Egypt (an ancient civilisation in the Nile Valley)

   Synonyms: Egito Antigo, Antigo Egito

Related terms

• egipciano
• egípcio