Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic

a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC

• African country, African nation — countries occupying the African continent

• Egyptian — a native or inhabitant of Egypt

• El Alamein, Al Alamayn, battle of El Alamein — in World War II (1942); a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel
• Aswan High Dam, Aswan Dam, High Dam — one of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt
• Sinai, Sinai Peninsula — a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea
• Alexandria, El Iskandriyah — the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt
• Aswan, Assuan, Assouan — an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; site of the Aswan High Dam
• Cairo, El Qahira, Egyptian capital, capital of Egypt — the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just south of the Nile Delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs
• El Alamein — a village west of Alexandria on the north coast of Egypt; the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Germans in 1942
• Giza, El Giza — an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx
• Memphis — an ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo)
• Luxor — a city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile; site of the Temple of Luxor
• Saqqara, Saqqarah, Sakkara — a town in northern Egypt; site of the oldest Egyptian pyramids (the Step Pyramid)
• Suez — a city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal
• Suez Canal — a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea
• Lake Nasser, Nasser — lake in Egypt formed by dams built on the Nile River at Aswan
• Nile, Nile River — world's longest river (4187 miles); flows northern through Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization

• Arab League — an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation
• Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries, OPEC — an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum

• Middle East, Near East — the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to North Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam
• Africa — the second largest continent; located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the India Ocean