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egypt

UK/ˈiːd͡ʒɪpt/US/ˈi.d͡ʒɪpt/
nounA2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #3,600 of 15,258leans written

Egypt is the country of the pyramids and the river Nile. Travel to Egypt, ancient Egypt, southern Egypt.

Almost the whole population lives along the Nile and its delta, a strip of green through desert that is a few per cent of the land. The Great Pyramid stood as the tallest building on earth for nearly four thousand years. Cairo is the largest city in Africa.

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Definitions of egypt

  1. 1nounegyptA country in north-eastern Africa.A2+

    “Every year, millions of tourists visit Egypt to see the pyramids.”

egypt is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. Middle English

    Egipt

  2. English

    Egypt

  3. English, today

    egypt

Egypt comes from Middle English Egipt.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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