Egyptland

English

Etymology

From Middle English Egiptelond, Egipte-lond, from Old English Egipta land, Egypta land (“the land of the Egyptians”), equivalent to Egypt +‎ land. Compare Dutch Egypteland, Icelandic Egyptaland.

Proper noun

Egyptland

1. (rare, nonstandard) The land of the Egyptians; Egypt
   • 1937, David Adams Leeming, Jake Page, Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America: An Anthology:

     Go down, Moses, / Way down in Egyptland / Tell old Pharaoh / To let my people go.

   • 1941, Sterling Allen Brown, Arthur Paul Davis, Ulysses Lee, The Negro caravan: writings by American Negroes:

     It required no stretch of imagination to see the trials of the Israelites as paralleling the trials of the slaves, Pharaoh and his army as oppressors, and Egyptland as the South.

   • 2004, R. J. Nimmo, The Ancient Egyptian Ennead:

     This was a fortunate development as otherwise work on a new land they were starting at the time, Egyptland, would have been stopped and the whole universe likely destroyed as a result.

   • 2004, Bruce Vermazen, That Moaning Saxophone:

     Two of the numbers, “Alexandria” and “Fatima,” fall into the same “oriental” category as “Egyptland,” but both offer a lot more musical interest.

Related terms

• Egyptish