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Egyptian

[ih-jip-shuhn]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Egypt or its people.

    Egyptian architecture.

  2. Obsolete.of or relating to the Roma, a traditionally nomadic ethnic group.



noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Egypt.

  2. the extinct Afroasiatic language of the ancient Egyptians. Egypt.

  3. a printing type having square serifs.

Egyptian

/ ɪˈɪʃə /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Egypt, its inhabitants, or their dialect of Arabic

  2. of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Egyptians, their language, or culture

  3. (of type) having square slab serifs

  4. archaicof or relating to the Gypsies

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Egypt

  2. a member of an indigenous non-Semitic people who established an advanced civilization in Egypt that flourished from the late fourth millennium bc

  3. the extinct language of the ancient Egyptians, belonging to the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. It is recorded in hieroglyphic inscriptions, the earliest of which date from before 3000 bc. It was extinct by the fourth century ad See also Coptic

  4. a large size of drawing paper

  5. an archaic name for a Gypsy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • anti-Egyptian adjective
  • Egypticity noun
  • Egyptianism noun
  • non-Egyptian adjective
  • pro-Egyptian adjective
  • pseudo-Egyptian adjective
  • trans-Egyptian adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Egyptian1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English Egipcien, Egipcian, Gypcian, from Old French egyptien, egipcien; replacing Middle English Egiptish, Old English Egiptisc, Egyptisc, Ægiptisc
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Example Sentences

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We started with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, to see what we could find in the cutting room floor footage.

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The man accused of carrying out the attack was identified as an Egyptian national, but Egypt has not been included on the list of banned countries.

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He cited a recent attack on members of Colorado's Jewish community, which was allegedly carried out by an Egyptian national.

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The man accused of carrying out the attack has been identified as an Egyptian national.

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Officials said 80% the pilgrims who died last year, including hundreds of Egyptians and Indonesians, were unregistered and therefore lacked access to proper air-conditioned accommodation, transport and other amenities when temperatures reached 51C.

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