WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

EGYPTIAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The word Egypt comes from Greek word
A
Ageyptoes
B
Egypteos
C
Aegyptos
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The name ‘Egypt’ comes from the Greek Aegyptos which was the Greek pronunciation of the Ancient Egypt ian name ‘Hwt-Ka-Ptah’ ("Mansion of the Spirit of Ptah"), originally the name of the city of Memphis.

Detailed explanation-2: -"Egyptian” in Greek volume up. Egyptian noun EL. volume up.

Detailed explanation-3: -Egypt derives from Latin Aegyptus, which in turn goes back on the Greek name for the Nile country: Aiguptos. This name originally seems to have been one of the names of Memphis, the capital of the country, a name that later came to denote the entire land by pars pro toto.

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