English > United Arab Republic: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonyms | Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt |
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| Instance of | African country, African nation | Any one of the countries occupying the African continent |
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| Member of | Arab League | An international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural / cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation |
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| Members | Egyptian | A native or inhabitant of Egypt |
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| Part of | Africa | The second largest continent |
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| Middle East, Mideast, Near East | The area around the eastern Mediterranean |
| Parts | Alexandria, El Iskandriyah | The chief port of Egypt |
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| Arabian Desert, Eastern Desert | A desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea |
| Aswan, Assuan, Assouan | An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt |
| Aswan High Dam, High Dam | One of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt |
| Cairo, Al Qahira, El Qahira, Egyptian capital, capital of Egypt | The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa |
| El Alamein | A village to the west of Alexandria on the northern coast of Egypt |
| Giza, El Giza, Gizeh | An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo |
| Lake Nasser, Nasser | lake in Egypt formed by dams built on the Nile River at Aswan |
| Libyan Desert | The northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan |
| Lower Egypt | One of the two main administrative districts of Egypt |
| Luxor, El-Aksur | A city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile that is a center for visitors to the ruins of and around Thebes |
| Memphis | An ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo) |
| Nile, Nile River | The world's longest river (4150 miles) |
| Saqqara, Saqqarah, Sakkara | A town in northern Egypt |
| Sinai, Sinai Peninsula | A peninsula in northeastern Egypt |
| Suez | A city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal |
| Suez Canal | A ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea |
| Thebes | An ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC |
| Upper Egypt | One of the two main administrative districts of Egypt |
| Region of | El Alamein, Al Alamayn, Battle of El Alamein | A pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel |
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| al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, Islamic Group | A terrorist organization of militant / militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists |
| al-Jihad, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad, Vanguards of Conquest | An Islamic extremist group active / active since the late 1970s |
| Spanish | Egipto, Egypt, Exipto, República Árabe de Egipto |
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| Catalan | Egipte, República Àrab d'Egipte |
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