egyptian | (n) a native or inhabitant of Egypt |
egyptian | (n) the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC |
egyptian | (adj) of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language |
egyptian cat | (n) a domestic cat of Egypt |
egyptian cotton | (n) fine somewhat brownish long-staple cotton grown in Egypt; believed to be derived from sea island cotton or by hybridization with Peruvian cotton |
egyptian deity | (n) a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians |
egyptian empire | (n) an ancient empire to the west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament, Syn. Egypt |
egyptian grass | (n) a creeping grass with spikes like fingers, Syn. Dactyloctenium aegypticum, crowfoot grass |
egyptian henbane | (n) poisonous herb whose leaves are a source of hyoscyamine, Syn. Hyoscyamus muticus |
egyptian monetary unit | (n) monetary unit in Egypt |
egyptian pound | (n) the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters, Syn. pound |
egyptian vulture | (n) small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia, Syn. Pharaoh's chicken, Neophron percnopterus |
al-jihad | (n) an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells, Syn. Vanguards of Conquest, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad |
asp | (n) cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death, Syn. Naja haje, Egyptian cobra |
cairo | (n) the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs, Syn. capital of Egypt, El Qahira, Egyptian capital, Al Qahira |
chickpea | (n) Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds, Syn. Egyptian pea, Cicer arietinum, chickpea plant |
durra | (n) sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa, Syn. Indian millet, dourah, Guinea corn, doura, Egyptian corn |
hyacinth bean | (n) perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos, Syn. Egyptian bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab |
lotus | (n) white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians, Syn. white lotus, Nymphaea lotus, Egyptian water lily, white lily |
papyrus | (n) tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times, Syn. Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper plant, paper rush, Cyperus papyrus |
tree onion | (n) type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers, Syn. Egyptian onion, Allium cepa viviparum, top onion |
white lupine | (n) white-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control, Syn. Egyptian lupine, field lupine, Lupinus albus, wolf bean |
贝斯 | [bèi sī, ㄅㄟˋ ㄙ, 贝 斯 / 貝 斯] bass (loan); bass guitar; Bes or Bisu, Egyptian protector god of households #39,878 [Add to Longdo] |
纳赛尔 | [Nà sài ěr, ㄋㄚˋ ㄙㄞˋ ㄦˇ, 纳 赛 尔 / 納 賽 爾] Nasr or Nasser (Arab name); Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970), Egyptian President #58,506 [Add to Longdo] |
阿蒙 | [ā méng, ㄚ ㄇㄥˊ, 阿 蒙] Amun, deity in Egyptian mythology, also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen #75,112 [Add to Longdo] |
门户开放 | [mén hù kāi fàng, ㄇㄣˊ ㄏㄨˋ ㄎㄞ ㄈㄤˋ, 门 户 开 放 / 門 戶 開 放] open door policy; Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel #95,084 [Add to Longdo] |
托特 | [Tuō tè, ㄊㄨㄛ ㄊㄜˋ, 托 特] Thoth (ancient Egyptian deity) #180,850 [Add to Longdo] |
法耶德 | [Fǎ yē dé, ㄈㄚˇ ㄧㄝ ㄉㄜˊ, 法 耶 德] Fayed (name); Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed (1933-), controversial Egyptian-born businessman and philanthropist, owner of Harrods (London) and Fulham football club #212,921 [Add to Longdo] |
克娄巴特拉 | [Kè lóu bā tè lā, ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄡˊ ㄅㄚ ㄊㄜˋ ㄌㄚ, 克 娄 巴 特 拉 / 克 婁 巴 特 拉] Cleopatra (name); Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (69-30BC), the last Egyptian pharoah [Add to Longdo] |
アスプ | [asupu] (n) (See エジプトコブラ) Egyptian cobra; asp (Naja haje) [Add to Longdo] |
アマルナ時代 | [アマルナじだい, amaruna jidai] (n) Amarna period (of Egyptian history) [Add to Longdo] |
アマルナ文書 | [アマルナぶんしょ, amaruna bunsho] (n) Amarna letters (archive of Egyptian correspondence, recorded on clay tablets) [Add to Longdo] |
エジプトコブラ | [ejiputokobura] (n) Egyptian cobra (from Egypt cobra); asp (Naja haje) [Add to Longdo] |
エジプトトルコ戦争 | [エジプトトルコせんそう, ejiputotoruko sensou] (n) Turko-Egyptian Wars (1831-1833; 1839-1840) [Add to Longdo] |
エジプト語 | [エジプトご, ejiputo go] (n) Egyptian (language) [Add to Longdo] |
エジプト人 | [エジプトじん, ejiputo jin] (n) Egyptian (person) [Add to Longdo] |
エジプト文字 | [エジプトもじ, ejiputo moji] (n) Egyptian script (i.e. hieroglyphs, hieratic, and demotic) [Add to Longdo] |
エジプト文明 | [エジプトぶんめい, ejiputo bunmei] (n) Egyptian civilization [Add to Longdo] |
カノポス壺;カノプス壺;カノープス壺 | [カノポスつぼ(カノポス壺);カノプスつぼ(カノプス壺);カノープスつぼ(カノープス壺), kanoposu tsubo ( kanoposu tsubo ); kanopusu tsubo ( kanopusu tsubo ); kano-pusu tsu] (n) Canopic jar; Canopic vase (used to store the internal organs of an Egyptian mummy) [Add to Longdo] |
スカラブ | [sukarabu] (n) (See スカラベ) scarab (Egyptian gemstone) [Add to Longdo] |
スカラベ | [sukarabe] (n) (1) scarab (Egyptian gemstone) (fre [Add to Longdo] |
デモティック | [demoteikku] (n, adj-no) (See ヒエラティック) demotic (Egyptian script) [Add to Longdo] |
ヒエラティック | [hierateikku] (n, adj-no) (See デモティック) hieratic (Egyptian script) [Add to Longdo] |
荒地鼠 | [あれちねずみ;アレチネズミ, arechinezumi ; arechinezumi] (n) (uk) lesser Egyptian gerbil (Gerbillus gerbillus) [Add to Longdo] |