Masculine
Egitto

Egitto

  1. (masculine) Egypt (a country in North Africa and West Asia)
  2. (historical, masculine) Egypt (a civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean)

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
E‧gìt‧to
Pronounced as (IPA)
/eˈd͡ʒit.to/
Etymology

From Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian Hwt-t:O1-kA:Z1-p:t-H-A40 (ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, literally “the temple of the ka of Ptah”), referring to Ptah's temple in the important city of Memphis.

Related words

History of Roman Egypt

the Arab Republic of Egypt

Egyptian Empire

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Repubblica araba d’Egitto

Repubblica Araba Unita

Repubblica Araba di Egitto

Repubblica Araba d’Egitto

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