Egypt
مصر (Mişr)
- Būr Sā'id (بور سعݐد) : Port Said
- Al-Ğīzah (الجݐزة) : Giza
- Al-Iskandariyya (الإسکندرݐة) : Alexandria
- An-Nīl (النݐل) : Nile
- Al-Qāhira (القاهرة) : Cairo
- As-Suways (السوݐس) : Suez
- Al-Uqşur (الاقصر) : Luxor
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Famous quotes containing the word egypt:
“It flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands,
Like some grave mighty thought threading a dream,”
—Leigh Hunt (1784–1859)
“The LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with a terrifying display of power, and with signs and wonders; and he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 26:8.
“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)