Upper Egypt

English

Proper noun

Upper Egypt

1. The southern portion of Egypt.
2. (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 (ṣaʕid miṣr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上埃及 (zh) (Shàng Āijí)

• Coptic: ⲙⲁⲣⲏⲥ m (marēs)
• Dutch: Opper-Egypte n
• Egyptian: (šmꜥ)
• Finnish: Ylä-Egypti
• French: Haute-Égypte (fr)
• Galician: Alto Exipto m
• German: Oberägypten (de) n
• Irish: an Éigipt Uachtarach f
• Latin: Aegyptus superior m
• Portuguese: Alto Egito m
• Russian: Ве́рхний Еги́пет (ru) m (Vérxnij Jegípet)
• Spanish: Alto Egipto m
• Turkish: Yukarı Mısır (tr)