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Definition of Egypt
1. Noun. A republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC.
Geographical relationships: Al Alamayn, Battle Of El Alamein, El Alamein, Al-gama'a Al-islamiyya, Islamic Group, Al-jihad, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad, Vanguards Of Conquest
Terms within: Aswan High Dam, High Dam, Sinai, Sinai Peninsula, Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt, Alexandria, El Iskandriyah, Assouan, Assuan, Aswan, Al Qahira, Cairo, Capital Of Egypt, Egyptian Capital, El Qahira, El Alamein, El Giza, Giza, Gizeh, Memphis, El-aksur, Luxor, Thebes, Sakkara, Saqqara, Saqqarah, Suez, Suez Canal, Arabian Desert, Eastern Desert, Libyan Desert, Lake Nasser, Nasser, Nile, Nile River
Group relationships: Arab League, Opec, Organization Of Petroleum-exporting Countries
Generic synonyms: African Country, African Nation
Group relationships: Middle East, Mideast, Near East, Africa
Member holonyms: Egyptian
Derivative terms: Egyptian
2. Noun. An ancient empire to the west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament.
Definition of Egypt
1. Proper noun. A country in North Africa. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. ¹
2. Proper noun. (historical) A civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Egypt
1. A republic in northwest africa. Its capital is cairo. It was a very ancient kingdom which, by ca. 3000 b.c., was one of the early civilizations of the ancient world. It was the centre of hellenistic culture 330-323 b.c. And part of the roman empire from 30 b.c. Until the arab conquest in 640 a.d. Egypt was successively administered by the ottoman empire, the british, and the french from 1517 to 1914. It was established as a republic in 1953. The latin name aegyptus and the greek aiguptos are renderings of the egyptian hut-ka-ptah, hut (temple) + ka (soul) + ptah (ptah, the famous god), temple of the soul of ptah. The egyptian name for egypt was kemet, meaning black country, with reference to the dark skin of the ancient egyptians. This in turn is from ham, the second son of noah, whose name is of uncertain origin. (12 Dec 1998)
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