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Upper Egypt — (Lang ar|صعيد مصر Sa id Misr ) is a narrow strip of land that extends from the cataract boundaries of modern day Aswan to the area between El Aiyat and Zawyet Dahshur, south of modern day Cairo. The northern section of Upper Egypt, between El… … Wikipedia
Upper Egypt — ▪ region, Egypt Arabic Qiblī Miṣr , also called Aṣ ṣaʿīd (“The Upland”) geographic and cultural division of Egypt, generally consisting of the Nile River valley south of the delta and the 30th parallel N. It thus consists of the entire… … Universalium
Upper Egypt — Ancient Egyptian Shemau. The area of Egypt comprising the Nile Valley from Memphis north to Elephantine during ancient times. The area seems to have evolved into a separate kingdom with its capital at Hierakonpolis during the late Predynastic… … Ancient Egypt
Upper Egypt — Egypt from Cairo south to the Sudan … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Upper Egypt — noun one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt; extends south from Cairo to Sudan • Instance Hypernyms: ↑administrative district, ↑administrative division, ↑territorial division • Part Holonyms: ↑Egypt, ↑Arab Republic of Egypt, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Upper Egypt — /ʌpər ˈidʒɪpt/ (say upuhr eejipt) noun See Egypt (def. 2) …
Upper Egypt. — See under Egypt … Useful english dictionary
Egypt — • Provides information on history, religion, and literature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Egypt Egypt † … Catholic encyclopedia
EGYPT — EGYPT, country in N.E. Africa, centering along the banks of the River Nile from the Mediterranean coast southward beyond the first cataract at Aswan. The ancient Egyptians named their land Kemi, the Black Land, while the neighboring Asiatic… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Athribis (Upper Egypt) — Athribis (Greek: polytonic|Ἄθλιβις), also known to the ancient Greeks as Triphieion or Tripheion, and to the ancient Egyptians as Hut Repyt, was an ancient city of Egypt, in the Panopolite nome. The modern village of Wannina, in the Sohag… … Wikipedia
