Masculine
Egitto
- (masculine) Egypt (a country in North Africa and West Asia)
- (historical, masculine) Egypt (a civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean)
Frequency
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
𐐀𐐾𐐲𐐹𐐻
Repubblica araba d’Egitto
Repubblica Araba Unita
Repubblica Araba di Egitto
Repubblica Araba d’Egitto
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