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Egyptian

Egyptian

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From the country of Egypt or its people
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈdʒɪpʃən/
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  • Although it may seem like a minor technicality, this law is harmful to Egyptian democracy.
  • Egyptian government
  • Egyptian president
  • Egyptian army

For example, the letter M in Egyptian hieroglyphs as an owl, right?

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Examples

  • - It's an artifact of an ancient Egyptian civilization.

  • Yet the military ultimately wants an Egyptian government that does not threaten its position.

    Academic text (2011)
  • My favorite room was hands down the Egyptian Life after Death room.

  • But half of all Egyptian children die before the age of five.

  • A golden age of Egyptian power and wealth.

  • But this began the golden age of Egyptian archaeology, tourism, and the growth of the modern state.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The search continues for suspects... in the recent robbery of ancient Egyptian artefacts.

  • It's a party to celebrate the opening of the new Egyptian exhibit, and the Fluegelheim is hopping.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The museum displayed an Egyptian artifact that dates back to 3000 BC.

  • He studied the Egyptian language to better understand ancient texts.

Idioms

1 8.7

To move with bent arms and a stiff posture like the dance from the song

Compounds

Cotton grown in Egypt with long fibers that is very soft, strong, and long-lasting

The basic unit of money used in Egypt, equal to 100 piasters

Egyptian cobra
  • South African
1 7.5

A large venomous African snake often shown on Pharaohs' crowns

A way people spoke and wrote in ancient Egypt that is no longer spoken

A plant with white flowers grown to feed animals and stop soil erosion

A kind of onion that makes little bulbs on top of its stem and spreads by them

A tall plant from the Nile valley with strong stems used to make paper and mats

A tall marsh plant people use to make papyrus

A plant with short pods that have one or two round seeds people eat

A small white vulture with a yellow face and thin bill that lives in Africa and southern Asia

A white water lily that grows on water in Egypt and nearby regions, once sacred to the ancient Egyptians

Egyptian bean
  • Indian
8.4

A climbing plant with purple flowers and dark red pods that have edible seeds and are used as a vegetable

A house cat from Egypt that people kept and loved long ago

Egyptian corn
  • Indian
8.8

A grain plant called sorghum that people grow for food in dry regions of North Africa and Asia

A god or goddess worshipped in ancient Egypt

An ancient kingdom along the Nile in northeast Africa ruled by kings called pharaohs

Egyptian flu
  • Informal
9.1

A joking name for mild flu-like sickness people get after travel to Egypt

A creeping grass with finger-like spikes used for grazing in dry places

Egyptian henbane
  • Specialized
9.9

A poisonous plant from North Africa and the Middle East whose leaves people use in medicine

An Islamic group in Egypt that used violence to try to replace the government

A wild animal like a small dog from northern African deserts that hunts at night

Surface Forms

Egyptian positive

Morphology

Egyptian = Egypt (transparent) = Egypt + ian

Formed by productive demonym/adjectival suffix '-ian' attached to the proper name 'Egypt', yielding 'relating to Egypt'.

Etymology

The word Egyptian comes from the country name Egypt, so it describes things 'from' or 'of' Egypt, like its people, culture, or language.