Egyptian

//ɪˈd͡ʒɪp.ʃən// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
  2. 2
    the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC wordnet
  3. 3
    A gypsy. dated

    "The people then assembled in this barn were no other than a company of Egyptians, or, as they are vulgarly called, gypsies, and they were now celebrating the wedding of one of their society."

  4. 4
    a native or inhabitant of Egypt wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt

Synonyms

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ancient egyptianarchitecturedisplayegyptian languageenglishlanguage

Example

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"Almost all the world condemns Hosni Mubarak because he made the Egyptian people poor."

Etymology

From Middle English Egipcien, egyptiane. Displaced Old English Egyptisċ. By surface analysis, Egypt + -ian.

Related phrases

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