egyptian

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language (synset 302983014)
Noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of Egypt (synset 109719888)
    is a type of: african - a native or inhabitant of Africa
    subtypes:
    • copt - an Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians
    • theban - an Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes
    • cairene - a native or inhabitant of Cairo
    • nubian - a native or inhabitant of Nubia
    specific instances: cleopatra - beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)
    belongs to: arab republic of egypt, egypt, united arab republic - 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
  2. The ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs;
    Written records date back to 3000 BC (synset 107002660)
    is a type of: afrasian, afrasian language, afro-asiatic, afroasiatic, afroasiatic language, hamito-semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
    subtypes: coptic - the liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet

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