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egypt

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for egypt.

Editorial note

Even if the birth rate fell flat today (and as you noted, the opposite is happening), can you honestly predict any future for Egypt other than Malthusian failure?

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Quick take

A country in North Africa and West Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of egypt gathered in one view.

noun

A country in North Africa and West Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo.

noun

A number of places in the United States:

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A number of places in England:

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for egypt.

noun

A country in North Africa and West Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo.

noun

A number of places in the United States:

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A number of places in England:

noun

A town in Craighead County, Arkansas.

Example sentences

1

Even if the birth rate fell flat today (and as you noted, the opposite is happening), can you honestly predict any future for Egypt other than Malthusian failure?

2

Invoices to Egypt and other oppressive governments have already been found in the torrent dump.

3

Surely not as weird as the Bir Tawil border dispute between Egypt and Sudan.

4

It's a big deterrent for independent tourists in places life Egypt and India.

5

But Egypt has still gone from a desert country of 28m in 1960 that relies on the extortion of diminishing water supplies from Ethiopia to...

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I think it's fair to say that Egypt is extremely overwhelmed by its population growth.

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Yes high food prices are a problem but without tyrannical corruption like we see in Egypt this problem fixes itself over time.

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Why would Panama or Egypt want to block China?

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> Neither Egypt nor Lebanon, for example, block most sexual content or require intermediaries to do so.

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Grain ships may have been the original source of contagion, as the rat (and flea) population in Egypt thrived on feeding from the large granaries maintained by the government.

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If I get a report on a war breaking out on Egypt does it matter if I read it in the New York Times or see it trending on Twitter?

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> If I get a report on war breaking out in Egypt does it matter if I read it in the New York Times or see it trending on Twitter?

Quote examples

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That page says "The outbreak in Constantinople was thought to have been carried to the city by infected rats on grain boats arriving from Egypt.[7] To feed its citizens, the city and outlying communities imported massive amounts of grain—mostly from Egypt.

2

Even if these outfits only sell to "good" countries there's no guarantee those countries won't give access to shady regimes like Egypt or Saudi Arabia to round up and torture political dissidents as these are supposedly allies of the West.

Proper noun examples

1

Arab speaking countries/regions often go to war with one another (witness current and recent conflicts in Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, etc).

2

Egypt's large food subsidies started in the '70s, and do not appear to have had an affect on the birth rate.

3

(The flood, the plagues in Egypt, the Hebrew Exodus from Egypt, the prophecies in Ezekiel, Daniel, Isaiah, etc.)[1].

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use egypt in a sentence?

Even if the birth rate fell flat today (and as you noted, the opposite is happening), can you honestly predict any future for Egypt other than Malthusian failure?

What does egypt mean?

A country in North Africa and West Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo.

What part of speech is egypt?

egypt is commonly used as noun.