Upper Egypt

Upper Egypt

English

Proper noun

Upper Egypt

1. (Egyptology) The part of Ancient Egypt south of Memphis, so named because the Nile flows south to north.

Coordinate terms

• Lower Egypt

Translations

Southern Egypt

Arabic: صَعِيد مِصْر‎ (ṣaʿid miṣr) Chinese: Mandarin: 上埃及 (Shàng Āijí) Egyptian: (šmꜥ) Finnish: Ylä-Egypti French: Haute-Égypte (fr)

Galician: Alto Exipto m Latin: Aegyptus superior m Portuguese: Alto Egito m Russian: Ве́рхний Еги́пет m (Vérxnij Jegípet) Turkish: Yukarı Mısır (tr)