Arab Republic of Egypt

Japanese: エジプト・アラブ共和国 - えじぷとあらぶきょうわこく
Arab Republic of Egypt

…In the northeastern corner of the African continent, a long and narrow basin stretching about 1,200 km north of the first cataract of the Nile River is the original Egypt, which consists of a river valley 8-25 km wide (Upper Egypt) and a delta area at the mouth of the river (Lower Egypt). From ancient times, its sphere of influence included the oases in the Gharbiya Desert (Siwa, al-Baḥrīya, al-Farāfira, al-Dākhila, al-Khārija (Kharga), and the oases of Kharga), Lower Nubia between the first and second cataracts, the Red Sea coast, and the Sinai Peninsula, which roughly corresponds to the present Arab Republic of Egypt. The name Egypt is a corruption of the Greek name Aigyptos, which is thought to have been derived from another name for the ancient city of Memphis, Ḥut-ka-Ptaḥ. …

*Some of the terminology references to the "Arab Republic of Egypt" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アフリカ大陸の北東隅,ナイル川第1急湍(たん)以北の約1200kmにわたる細長い流域地帯が本来のエジプトで,地形上幅8~25kmの河谷地帯(上エジプト)と河口のデルタ地帯(下エジプト)とからなる。古くよりガルビーヤ砂漠中のオアシス(シワSiwa,バフリーヤal‐Baḥrīya,ファラーフィラal‐Farāfira,ダーヒラal‐Dākhila,ハーリジャ(カルガ)al‐Khārija,Khargaの各オアシス),第1・第2急湍間の下ヌビア,紅海沿岸,シナイ半島を勢力圏とし,この地域は現在のエジプト・アラブ共和国にほぼ対応する。エジプトという名称は,古都メンフィスの別名フウト・カ・プタハḤut‐ka‐Ptaḥに由来するとみられるギリシア名アイギュプトスAigyptosの転訛である。…

※「エジプト・アラブ共和国」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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