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Noun egypt has 2 senses
  1. 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
    --1 is a kind of African country, African nation
    --1 is a part of Middle East, Mideast, Near East; Africa
    --1 is a member of Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries, OPEC; Arab League
    --1 has parts:
     Aswan High Dam, Aswan Dam, High Dam; Sinai, Sinai Peninsula; Lower Egypt; Upper Egypt; Alexandria, El Iskandriyah; Aswan, Assuan, Assouan; Cairo, Al Qahira, El Qahira, Egyptian capital, capital of Egypt; El Alamein; Giza, El Giza; Memphis; Luxor, El-Aksur; Thebes; Saqqara, Saqqarah, Sakkara; Suez; Suez Canal; Libyan Desert; Lake Nasser, Nasser; Nile, Nile River
     --1 has members: Egyptian
  2. Egyptian Empire, Egypt - an ancient empire west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament
    --2 is a kind of empire
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