noun
1. 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 (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑Arab Republic of Egypt, ↑United Arab Republic
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Egyptian
• Members of this Region:
↑El Alamein, ↑Al Alamayn, ↑Battle of El Alamein, ↑al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, ↑Islamic Group, ↑al-Jihad, ↑Egyptian Islamic Jihad, ↑Islamic Jihad, ↑Vanguards of Conquest
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑African country, ↑African nation
• Member Holonyms: ↑Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries, ↑OPEC, ↑Arab League
• Part Holonyms: ↑Middle East, ↑Mideast, ↑Near East, ↑Africa
• Member Meronyms: ↑Egyptian
• Part Meronyms:
↑Aswan High Dam, ↑High Dam, ↑Sinai, ↑Sinai Peninsula, ↑Lower Egypt, ↑Upper Egypt, ↑Alexandria, ↑El Iskandriyah, ↑Aswan, ↑Assuan, ↑Assouan, ↑Cairo, ↑Al Qahira, ↑El Qahira, ↑Egyptian capital, ↑capital of Egypt, ↑El Alamein, ↑Giza, ↑El Giza, ↑Gizeh, ↑Memphis, ↑Luxor, ↑El-Aksur, ↑Thebes, ↑Saqqara, ↑Saqqarah, ↑Sakkara, ↑Suez, ↑Suez Canal, ↑Arabian Desert, ↑Eastern Desert, ↑Libyan Desert, ↑Lake Nasser, ↑Nasser, ↑Nile, ↑Nile River
2. 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
• Syn: ↑Egyptian Empire
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Egyptian
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a country in North Africa
Useful english dictionary. 2012.