Upper Egypt

English

Proper noun

Upper Egypt

(Egyptology) The part of Ancient Egypt south of Memphis, so named because the Nile flows south to north.

Coordinate terms

Lower Egypt

Translations

Southern Egypt

Arabic: صَعِيد مِصْر‎ (ṣaʿid miṣr)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 上埃及 (Shàng Āijí)
Egyptian:

(šmꜥ)
Finnish: Ylä-Egypti
French: Haute-Égypte (fr)

Galician: Alto Exipto m
Latin: Aegyptus superior m
Portuguese: Alto Egito m
Russian: Ве́рхний Еги́пет m (Vérxnij Jegípet)
Turkish: Yukarı Mısır (tr)

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