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What does Egypt mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Egypt? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. A country in North Africa. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt.
  2. (historical) A civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean.
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In 1882, ongoing civil disturbances in Egypt prompted Britain to intervene, extending a hand to France.
Macedonia and the Seleucid Empire agreed to an alliance to conquer and divide Egypt.
All the kings after him, until Egypt became a Roman province in 30 BC, were also Ptolemies.
He lived in the city of Alexandria in the Roman province of Egypt, wrote in Koine Greek, and held Roman citizenship.
The Great Desert of Africa of course puts a limit to its wanderings, and the firless plains of Egypt equally discourage its approach.
The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

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