Etymology

From Latin Aegyptum, accusative of Aegyptus ‎(“Egypt”), from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος ‎(Aíguptos, “river Nile, Egypt”), from Late Egyptian Hikuptah ("Memphis"), a corruption of the earlier Egyptian ḥwt-k3-ptḥ ‎(“temple of the soul of Ptah”), the name of a temple to the god Ptah at Memphis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛɟiptom]
• Hyphenation: Egyip‧tom