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Egyptland

Egyptland proper noun: the land of the Egyptians; Egypt.

Proper noun

Egyptland

  1. (nonstandard, rare) The land of the Egyptians; Egypt
    • Go down, Moses, / Way down in Egyptland / Tell old Pharaoh / To let my people go.1937, David Adams Leeming, Jake Page, Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America: An Anthology
    • It required no stretch of imagination to see the trials of the Israelites as paralleling the trials of the slaves, Pharaoh and his army as oppressors, and Egyptland as the South.1941, Sterling Allen Brown, Arthur Paul Davis, Ulysses Lee, The Negro caravan: writings by American Negroes

Examples of Egyptland in a sentence

  • This was a fortunate development as otherwise work on a new land they were starting at the time, Egyptland, would have been stopped and the whole universe likely destroyed as a result.2004, R. J. Nimmo, The Ancient Egyptian Ennead:
  • Two of the numbers, “Alexandria” and “Fatima,” fall into the same “oriental” category as “Egyptland,” but both offer a lot more musical interest.2004, Bruce Vermazen, That Moaning Saxophone:

Origin of Egyptland

From Middle English Egiptelond, Egipte-lond, from Old English Egipta land, Egypta land (“the land of the Egyptians”), equivalent to Egypt + land. Compare Dutch Egypteland, Icelandic Egyptaland.

Questions about Egyptland

What does Egyptland mean?
Egyptland means the land of the Egyptians; Egypt.
How do you use Egyptland in a sentence?
This was a fortunate development as otherwise work on a new land they were starting at the time, Egyptland, would have been stopped and the whole universe likely destroyed as a result.
What part of speech is Egyptland?
Egyptland is a proper noun.

Words near Egyptland in the dictionary

  1. Egyptiots
  2. Egyptize
  3. Egyptized
  4. Egyptizes
  5. Egyptizing
  6. Egyptland
  7. Egypto-
  8. Egyptocentric
  9. Egyptologer
  10. Egyptologers
  11. Egyptologic

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