Lower Egypt

English

Proper noun

Lower Egypt

(Egyptology) The half of Ancient Egypt north of Memphis, the Nile Delta, so named because the Nile flows South to North.

Coordinate terms

Upper Egypt

Translations

Northern Egypt

Arabic: اَلدِّلْتَا‎ (ad-diltā)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 下埃及 (Xià Āijí)
Egyptian:

(mḥw m)
Finnish: Ala-Egypti

Galician: Baixo Exipto m
Latin: Aegyptus inferior m
Portuguese: Baixo Egito m
Russian: Ни́жний Еги́пет m (Nížnij Jegípet)
Turkish: Aşağı Mısır (tr)

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