| English name | Local name (Arabic) | Swedish name |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt | Miṣr or Maṣr | Egypten |
| Alexandria | al-Iskandariyya | Alexandria |
| Cairo | al-Qāhira | Kairo |
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Famous quotes containing the word egypt:
“Go down, Moses
‘Way down in Egypt land,
Tell ole Pharaoh,
To let my people go.”
—Unknown. Go Down, Moses (l. 1–4)
“New York, you are an Egypt! But an Egypt turned inside out. For she erected pyramids of slavery to death, and you erect pyramids of democracy with the vertical organ-pipes of your skyscrapers all meeting at the point of infinity of liberty!”
—Salvador Dali (1904–1989)
“There is no Champollion to decipher the Egypt of every man’s and every being’s face. Physiognomy, like every other human science, is but a passing fable.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)