Egyptian : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Egyptian	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Egyptian adj of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language n a native or inhabitant of Egypt the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Egyptian \Egyp"tian\, a. [L. Aegyptius, Gr. [?], fr. [?] (L. Aegyptus) Egypt: cf. F. [82]gyptien. Cf. {Gypsy}.] Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa. {Egyptian* bean}. (Bot.) (a) The beanlike fruit of an aquatic plant ({Nelumbium speciosum}), somewhat resembling the water lily. (b) See under {Bean}, 1. {Egyptian cross}. See Illust. (No. 6) of {Cross}. {Egyptian thorn} (Bot.), a medium-sized tree ({Acacia vera}). It is one of the chief sources of the best gum arabic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Egyptian \Egyp"tian\, n. 1. A native, or one of the people, of Egypt; also, the Egyptian* language. 2. A gypsy. [Obs.] --Shak.