"Upper Egypt" meaning in English

See Upper Egypt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Upper Egypt}} Upper Egypt
  1. The southern portion of Egypt. Categories (place): Places in Egypt Coordinate_terms: Lower Egypt
    Sense id: en-Upper_Egypt-en-name-L3MHF2K3
  2. (Egyptology) The part of Ancient Egypt south of Memphis, so named because the Nile flows south to north.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Upper Egyptian Translations (Southern Egypt): 𒉺𒌓𒊑𒋛 (Paturisi) (Akkadian), صَعِيد مِصْر (ṣaʕid miṣr) (Arabic), 上埃及 (Shàng Āijí) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲙⲁⲣⲏⲥ (marēs) [masculine] (Coptic), Opper-Egypte [neuter] (Dutch), Sma (šmꜥ) (Egyptian), Ylä-Egypti (Finnish), Haute-Égypte (French), Alto Exipto [masculine] (Galician), Oberägypten [neuter] (German), מצרים העליונה [feminine] (Hebrew), פתרוס (Hebrew), an Éigipt Uachtarach [feminine] (Irish), Aegyptus superior [masculine] (Latin), Alto Egito [masculine] (Portuguese), Ве́рхний Еги́пет (Vérxnij Jegípet) [masculine] (Russian), Alto Egipto [masculine] (Spanish), Yukarı Mısır (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'Southern Egypt': 55 45
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