Egyptian

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Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt.

Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to:

Nations and ethnic groups

  • Egyptians, a national group in North Africa
    • Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of recorded history
    • Egyptian cuisine, the local culinary traditions of Egypt
  • Egypt, the modern country in northeastern Africa
    • Egyptian Arabic, the language spoken in contemporary Egypt
    • A citizen of Egypt; see Demographics of Egypt
  • Ancient Egypt, a civilization from c. 3200 BC to 343 BC
    • Ancient Egyptians, ethnic people of ancient Egypt
    • Ancient Egyptian architecture, the architectural structure style
    • Ancient Egyptian cuisine, the cuisine of ancient Egypt
    • Egyptian language, the oldest known language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family
  • Copts, the ethnic Egyptian Christian minority
    • Coptic language or Coptic Egyptian, the latest stage of the Egyptian language, spoken in Egypt until the 17th century, surviving in Coptic liturgy
  • Romani people a.k.a. Gypsy, an ethnic group living mostly in Europe and the Americas
    • Egyptians (Balkans), an Albanian-speaking ethnic minority of Kosovo and Macedonia

Culture and Religion

  • Egyptian mythology
  • Kemetism (ancient Egyptian religion)

Art and entertainment

  • Egyptian (band), an American indie rock band
  • The Egyptians (band), an English band
  • The Egyptian (film), a 1954 film by Michael Curtiz, based on Waltari's novel
  • The Egyptian, a 1945 historical novel by Mika Waltari
  • Piano Concerto No. 5 (Saint-Saëns) a.k.a. The Egyptian, a piano concerto by Camille Saint-Saëns

Other uses

  • Egyptian (typeface), a type of serif typeface characterized by thick, block-like serifs
  • The Egyptian (prophet), a nameless 1st-century messianic revolt leader
  • Little Egypt (region), something of, from, or related to the region of Southern Illinois
  • Egyptian Lover (born 1963), American musician, vocalist, producer and DJ
  • Egyptian Healy (1866–1899), pitcher for Major League Baseball in the 19th century
  • Egyptian (ship), various ships with that name
  • Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia, Wikipedia in Egyptian dialect of Arabic

See also

  • Egypt (disambiguation)
  • Egyptienne (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles beginning with Egyptian
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