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Egyptian
[ih-jip-shuhn]
Egyptian
/ ɪˈɪʃə /
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of Egypt, its inhabitants, or their dialect of Arabic
of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Egyptians, their language, or culture
(of type) having square slab serifs
archaicof or relating to the Gypsies
noun
a native or inhabitant of Egypt
a member of an indigenous non-Semitic people who established an advanced civilization in Egypt that flourished from the late fourth millennium bc
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
a large size of drawing paper
an archaic name for a Gypsy
Other Word Forms
- anti-Egyptian adjective
- Egypticity noun
- Egyptianism noun
- non-Egyptian adjective
- pro-Egyptian adjective
- pseudo-Egyptian adjective
- trans-Egyptian adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of Egyptian1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
He cited a recent attack on members of Colorado's Jewish community, which was allegedly carried out by an Egyptian national.
The man accused of carrying out the attack has been identified as an Egyptian national.
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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