Egypt
geographical nameDefinition of Egypt
country of northeastern Africa bordering on the Mediterranean and Red seas and site of an early and long enduring civilization of the ancient world; capital Cairo area 386,662 square miles (1,001,450 square kilometers), population 99,413,000 — see united arab republic
— see also egyptian
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