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Miṣr (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 27 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 27.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 030 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 30.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area of modern Egypt comprises the core of the ancient kingdom of Egypt; area was home to Neolithic cultures by 6000 BCE; Thinite dynasty united Upper and Lower Egypt ca. 3100 BCE; important Hellenistic center; part of Roman Empire until Arab conquest in 640, then Mameluk and Ottoman; official language is Arabic, though English and French are also widely spoken. |
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| Miṣr (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| Mişr (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Jumhūriyyat Miṣr al ʻArabiyyah (C,V,O,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Jumhūrīyah Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Jumhūrīyat Mişr al 'Arabīyah (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Jumhuriyat Misr Al-Arabiya (C,V)
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| Misr (C,V)
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| Egypt (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Arab Republic of Egypt (C,O,English,U)
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| Egypt, Arab Republic of (C,O,English,U)
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| Égypte (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| République arabe d'Égypte (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Ägypten (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| Egipto (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| República Árabe de Egipto (C,O,Spanish,U)
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| Egito (C,O)
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| Egitto (C,O)
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| Egypte (C,O)
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| مِصْ (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً مصا عًربةَ (C,V,O,Arabic,U)
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| Египет (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| Арабская Республика Египет (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 埃及 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 阿拉伯埃及共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| EGY (C,O,ISO3L)
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| ISO818 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| EG00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Egyptian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| Aegyptus (NA,V)
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| Aigyptos (NA,V)
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| Al Iqlīm al Janūbī (NA,V)
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| Al Iqlīm al Mişrī (NA,V)
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| Al Jumhūrīyah al 'Arabīyah al Muttaḩidah (NA,V)
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| Al Jumhūrīyah al Miṣrīyah (NA,V)
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| 'Arabīyah al Muttaḩidah, Al Jumhūrīyah al (NA,V)
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| Republic of Egypt (NA,V)
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| Egypt, Republic of (NA,V)
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| El Masr (NA,V)
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| El Qutr el Masri (NA,V)
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| Janūbī, Al Iqlīm al (NA,V)
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| Mişr al 'Arabīyah, Jumhūrīyat (NA,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Mişrī, Al Iqlīm al (NA,V)
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| Miṣrīyah, Al Jumhūrīyah al (NA,V)
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| جمهورية مصر العربية (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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| مصر (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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| מצרים (C,U,Hebrew )
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| United Arab Republic (H,O)
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Miṣr (nation) (P) |
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Miṣr (nation) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence 1922-1935 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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established 1953 |
| principality (H) |
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autonomous, hereditary, 1932-1939 |
| protectorate (H) |
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British, 1914-1922 |
| controlled region (H) |
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British/French, 1879-1914 |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| historical connection .... |
Ptolemaic Kingdom .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa) [7594678] |
| member of .... |
Arab League .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7000153] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
| successor of .... |
Egypt .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa) [7014986] |
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area of the modern nation was the core of the ancient kingdom of Egypt |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Al Jumhūrīyah al 'Arabīyah al Muttaḩidah.......... |
[VP] |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) |
| 'Arabīyah al Muttaḩidah, Al Jumhūrīyah al.......... |
[VP] |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) |
| République arabe d'Égypte.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 778 |
| Subject: ..... |
[BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 600 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1994) 600 |
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Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990) |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 186-187 |
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Cassell's French Dictionary (1981) 160 |
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Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 1006 |
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Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 174 |
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Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1978) 749 |
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CIA, World Fact Book (1995) |
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CIA, World Fact Book (2006-) accessed 23 August 2006 |
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 23 August 2006 |
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Engels Woordenboek (1987) I, 219 |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 14 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 765; 778 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-) |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -293336 |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) accessed 01/20/99 |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 319 |
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Times Atlas of World History (1993) 342 |
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Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-28 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 50 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 12 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 359; 359-360 |
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