Lower Egypt

English

Proper noun

Lower Egypt

1. (Egyptology) The half of Ancient Egypt north of Memphis, the Nile Delta, so named because the Nile flows South to North.

   Coordinate term: Upper Egypt

Derived terms

• Lower Egyptian

Translations

Northern Egypt

• Arabic: اَلدِّلْتَا (ad-diltā) اَلْوَجْهُ ٱلْبَحْرِيُّ m (al-wajhu l-baḥriyyu)

  Egyptian Arabic: الوجه البحري m (il-wagh il-baḥari)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下埃及 (zh) (Xià Āijí)

• Coptic: ⲧⲥⲁϧⲏⲧ (tsaxēt)
• Dutch: Neder-Egypte n, Beneden-Egypte n
• Egyptian: (mḥw m)
• Finnish: Ala-Egypti (fi)
• French: Basse-Égypte (fr) f
• Galician: Baixo Exipto m
• Irish: an Éigipt Íochtarach f
• Latin: Aegyptus inferior m
• Portuguese: Baixo Egito m
• Russian: Ни́жний Еги́пет (ru) m (Nížnij Jegípet)
• Turkish: Aşağı Mısır (tr)