''Egyptian'' describes something of, from, or related to

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to:

Nations and ethnic groups

Egyptians Egyptians (, ; , ; ) are an ethnic group native to the Nile, Nile Valley in Egypt. Egyptian identity is closely tied to Geography of Egypt, geography. The population is concentrated in the Nile Valley, a small strip of cultivable land stretchi ...

, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of

recorded history Recorded history or written history describes the historical events that have been recorded in a written form or other documented communication which are subsequently evaluated by historians using the historical method. For broader world h ...

** Egyptian cuisine, the local culinary traditions of 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 Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...

, 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 Egyptian language, or Ancient Egyptian (; ), is an extinct branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages that was spoken in ancient Egypt. It is known today from a large corpus of surviving texts, which were made accessible to the modern world ...

, the oldest known language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family *

Copts Copts (; ) are a Christians, Christian ethnoreligious group, ethnoreligious group native to Northeast Africa who have primarily inhabited the area of modern Egypt since antiquity. They are, like the broader Egyptians, Egyptian population, des ...

, the ethnic Egyptian Christian minority **

Coptic language Coptic () is a dormant language, dormant Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language. It is a group of closely related Egyptian dialects, representing the most recent developments of the Ancient Egyptian language, Egyptian language, and histori ...

or Coptic Egyptian, the latest stage of the Egyptian language, spoken in Egypt until the 17th century, surviving in Coptic liturgy *

Romani people {{Infobox ethnic group , group = Romani people , image = , image_caption = , flag = Roma flag.svg , flag_caption = Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 World Romani Congress , po ...

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 Egyptian mythology is the collection of myths from ancient Egypt, which describe the actions of the Egyptian pantheon, Egyptian gods as a means of understanding the world around them. The beliefs that these myths express are an important part ...

Kemetism Kemetism (also Kemeticism or Kemetic paganism; sometimes referred to as Neterism from wikt:nṯr, netjer "god") is a Modern paganism, neopagan religion and revival of the ancient Egyptian religion, emerging during the 1970s. A ''Kemetic'' is one ...

(ancient Egyptian religion)

Art and entertainment

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

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Egyptian (typeface) In typography, a slab serif (also called ''mechanistic'', ''square serif'', ''antique'' or ''Egyptian'') typeface is a type of serif typeface characterized by thick, block-like serifs. Serif terminals may be either blunt and angular (Rockwell (ty ...

, a type of serif typeface characterized by thick, block-like serifs * The

Egyptian (prophet) The Egyptian or Ha-Mitzri (also known as יז״וש) was a 1st-century Jewish prophetic figure, always described as a sign prophet or a messianic prophet. He is said to have assembled a sizable gathering of followers atop the Mount of Olives eith ...

, a nameless 1st-century messianic revolt leader *

Little Egypt (region) Southern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois comprising the southern third of the state, principally south of Interstate 70. Part of downstate Illinois, it is bordered by the two List of U.S. rivers by discharge, most voluminous ri ...

, something of, from, or related to the region of Southern Illinois *

Egyptian Lover Gregory James Broussard (born August 31, 1963), better known by his stage name Egyptian Lover, is an American musician, vocalist, producer and DJ, and was a part of the L.A. dance music, electro, and rap scene in the early 1980s. History T ...

(born 1963), American musician, vocalist, producer and DJ *

Egyptian Healy John J. Healy (October 27, 1866 – March 16, 1899), nicknamed "Egyptian" and "Long John", was a pitcher in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between ...

(1866–1899), pitcher for Major League Baseball in the 19th century *

Egyptian (ship) Several vessels have been named ''Egyptian''. * was launched in 1788 in France. She was taken in prize circa 1799 and became a Liverpool-based slave ship. She made two complete voyages in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was condem ...

, various ships with that name *

Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia The Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia ( ) is the Egyptian Arabic version of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. This Wikipedia primarily acts as an alternative to the Arabic Wikipedia for speakers of the Egyptian dialect. () "explique Flore ...

, Wikipedia in Egyptian dialect of Arabic

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