Egito
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Egipto (pre-1990 spelling, occasionally used in Portugal)
- Egypto (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Egipto (“Egypt”), borrowed from Latin Aegyptus (“Egypt”), from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos, “Egypt”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /eˈʒi.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /eˈʒi.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /iˈʒi.tu/, /iˈʒi.ptu/
- Hyphenation: E‧gi‧to
Proper noun
Egito m
- Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
- Egypt, Ancient Egypt (an ancient civilisation in the Nile Valley)
- Synonyms: Egito Antigo, Antigo Egito
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