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How ancient Egypt get its name?

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∙ 12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

There were some tribes in Greece called "Gyftoi" . The one man is called "Gyftos".

It took an "e" in front due to it is a noun so got "Egyftos".

EGYFTOS became EGYPTOS, so in English this is written Egypt

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