Masculine
Meaning

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

Synonyms

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/eˈʒi.tu/
Etymology

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

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