Old Portuguese

Proper noun

Egipto

1. Egypt
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 14 (facsimile):

     fugiu con el a Egipto. terra de Reẏ Faraon.

     ran away with him to Egypt, land of the Pharaoh king.

Descendants

• Galician: Exipto
• Portuguese: Egipto, Egito

Portuguese

Proper noun

Egipto m

1. (proscribed) Alternative form of Egito

Usage notes

This form was made obsolete by the 1990 Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement, but is still occasionally used in Portugal.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος ‎(Aíguptos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e̞ˈxipto̞/

Proper noun

Egipto m

1. Egypt

Derived terms

• egiptano
• egiptología f
• egiptólogo m

Related terms

• egipciaco, egipcíaco
• egipciano
• egipcio

Esperanto

Noun

egipto ‎(accusative singular egipton, plural egiptoj, accusative plural egiptojn)

1. an Egyptian (person from Egypt)

Related terms

• egipta ‎(“Egyptian”)
• Egiptio ‎(“Egypt”)

Hypernyms

• afrikano ‎(“an African”)