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Egyptian

DEFINITIONS OF: Egyptian

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adj of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language

n a native or inhabitant of Egypt

Examples:
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)
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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
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African
a native or inhabitant of Africa

n the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC

Types:
Coptic
the liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet
Type of:
Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic
a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
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