egypt

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 (synset 108917311)
    domain member region:
    is an instance of: african country, african nation - any one of the countries occupying the African continent
    member holonym: egyptian - a native or inhabitant of Egypt
    belongs to: arab league - an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation
    has:
    • aswan high dam, high dam - one of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt
    • sinai, sinai peninsula - a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea
    • lower egypt - one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt; consists of the Nile delta
    • upper egypt - one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt; extends south from Cairo to Sudan
    • alexandria, el iskandriyah - the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt
    • assouan, assuan, aswan - an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby
    • al qahira, cairo, capital of egypt, egyptian capital, el qahira - the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs
    • el alamein - a village to the west of Alexandria on the northern coast of Egypt; the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Germans in 1942
    • el giza, giza, gizeh - an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx
    • memphis - an ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo)
    • el-aksur, luxor - a city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile that is a center for visitors to the ruins of and around Thebes
    • thebes - an ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC; today the archeological remains include many splendid temples and tombs
    • sakkara, saqqara, saqqarah - a town in northern Egypt; site of the oldest Egyptian pyramids
    • suez - a city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal
    • suez canal - a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea
    • arabian desert, eastern desert - a desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea
    • libyan desert - the northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan
    • lake nasser, nasser - lake in Egypt formed by dams built on the Nile River at Aswan
    • nile, nile river - the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
    is a part of:
    • middle east, mideast, near east - the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century
    • africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
    same as: arab republic of egypt, united arab republic
  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 (synset 108917077)
    is an instance of: empire, imperium - the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
    same as: egyptian empire

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