When you say 'Egypt' are you speaking Egyptian?

'Egypt' is a word borrowed from Egyptian 'ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ'.

Egypt [geographical name] [(unknown)]

Country area Africa bordering on Mediterranean & Red seas ✽ Cairo square miles 386,900 square kilometers (1,002,071 ), p...

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note: From Middle French Egypte from Latin Aegyptus from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (Egypt: Memphis; the temple of Ptah in Memphis literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah” - Akkadian ḫikuptaḫ.
Etymology: -

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