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Afro-Asia

* Copts, an ethnoreligious group mainly in the area of modern Egypt but also in Sudan and Libya * Coptic language, a Northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century * Coptic alphabet, the script used for writing the Coptic language, encoded in Unicode as: **
Greek and Coptic (Unicode block) Greek and Coptic is the Unicode block for representing modern (monotonic) Greek. It was originally used for writing Coptic, using the similar Greek letters, in addition to the uniquely Coptic additions. Beginning with version 4.1 of the Unicode ...
, a block of Unicode characters for writing the Coptic language, from which Coptic was disunified in Unicode 4.1 **
Coptic (Unicode block) Coptic is a Unicode block A Unicode block is one of several contiguous ranges of numeric character codes ( code points) of the Unicode character set that are defined by the Unicode Consortium for administrative and documentation purposes. Typi ...
, a block of Unicode characters for writing the Coptic language, introduced in Unicode 4.1 **
Coptic Epact Numbers Coptic Epact Numbers is a Unicode block containing old Coptic number forms. These numbers were used in some regions instead of letters of the Coptic alphabet that were used for encoding numbers, as was common in much of the world at the time, ...
, a block of Unicode characters for writing Coptic numerals *
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria The Coptic Orthodox Church ( cop, Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, translit=Ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos, lit=the Egyptian Orthodox Church; ar, الكنيسة القبطي ...
or Coptic Church, the largest Christian church in Egypt and the Middle East * Coptic Catholic Church, an Alexandrian Rite particular Church *
Coptic architecture Coptic architecture is the architecture of the Coptic Christians, who form the majority of Christians in Egypt. Coptic churches range from great cathedrals such as Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral to the smallest churches in rural village ...
, the architecture of the Copts *
Coptic binding Coptic binding or Coptic sewing comprises methods of bookbinding employed by early Christians in Egypt, the Copts, and used from as early as the 2nd century AD to the 11th century.It is sometimes claimed that the Coptic binding, and thus the wes ...
or Coptic sewing, methods of bookbinding employed by early Christians in Egypt


Other uses

* SS ''Coptic'' (1881), a ship of the White Star Line * '' Coptic Egypt: The Christians of the Nile'', a 2000 nonfiction book written by Christian Cannuyer * ''
Coptic Encyclopedia The ''Coptic Encyclopedia'' is an eight-volume work covering the history, theology, language, art, architecture, archeology and hagiography of Coptic Egypt. The encyclopedia was written by over 250 Western and Egyptian contributing experts in the ...
'', an eight-volume work covering all areas of knowledge of Coptic Egypt


See also

* Copic, a brand of refillable markers {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages