Where did Egypt get its name?

Answer 1

to understand how Egypt got its current name , u should know the historical background , when Egypt was part of the Ottoman Empire , it was just Egypt , a region from the Empire , then under the British occupation it was "the united Arab kingdom" , united b/c it was Egypt and Sudan , and Arab b/c it is an Arabic speaking country

Then , came the 23rd of July revolution , and Egypt became a Republic , named the United Arab Republic , still united b/c it was Egypt and Sudan , then Sudan decided to split and so Egypt became just The Arab Republic of Egypt...

i hope this was the answer u were looking for..

in case u were wondering how it got the name Egypt.. i read somewhere that it is derived from what Egyptians used to be called : Copts , it was derived to Gopts , then Gepts , then somehow it became Egypt

Answer 2

Its hard to tell as each language changes it:

English - Egypt

Egyptian - Misr

Arabic - Masr

According to Wikipedia, the English name Egypt was borrowed from the Middle French Egypte, from the Latin Aegyptus, from the ancient Greek Aígyptos.

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I am here really to correct some wrong answer its not right to post some answer if you don't understand what is the answer belongs to ? real or just words anyway here is the answer ..

Egypt in English in Arabic its Misr

Egyptian in English in Arabic its Masry

Arabic in English = ARABY in Arabic ,

Egypt name belong to very old name of some of grandson of Prophet his name was koftayim and koftayim is son of misraeem , so misr got the Arabic name of Egypt from this misraem and koftayim been edit to keft there is still city in upper Egypt call kuft or kift depend on spell so , about Egypt name its becomes from koftayim name after edit to kuft to kibt then greek name at this time translated to gipt then to Egypt and still.. that is the full explain ,, thanks and please anyone wants add something must be sure what you talk about .. its my country history ..

Answer 3

The ancient Egyptians never used the term Egypt. They called their land Kermet or Kmt, for the black soil that the Nile left behind.