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Egyptian

Egyptian

85 2.5
A person from the country of Egypt
  • noun
  • /ɪˈdʒɪpʃən/
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  • The fate of many Egyptians was and is tied directly to the regime.
  • ancient Egyptians
  • many Egyptians
  • Egyptians believe

The knowledge was lost except to the Egyptians themselves and their priests.

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Examples

  • You know, the ancient Egyptians had a beautiful belief about death.

  • All the great constructions, the Mayans, the Chinese, the Egyptians.

  • But I wrote the Lost Technologies to appeal to Egyptian engineers to do their own studies.

  • But the puzzle is why did the Egyptian military get behind this revolution?

  • This is a national event most Egyptians will see just once in their lifetime.

  • The knowledge was lost except to the Egyptians themselves and their priests.

  • You have Egyptian characters who are immigrants and you have Egyptian students who are newcomers from Egypt.

  • Learn how ancient Egyptians made mummies with this video.

  • We also learn of the deep affection for cats held by the Egyptians, who first domesticated them.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Many Egyptians celebrate their rich cultural heritage during local festivals.

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 singular
Egyptians plural

Morphology

Egyptian = Egypt (transparent) = Egypt + ian

The demonym is a direct derivation: 'Egypt' + '-ian' yields a noun meaning 'a person from Egypt'.

Etymology

The word Egyptian comes from the country name Egypt and simply means 'a person from Egypt', so an Egyptian is someone who lives in or comes from that country.