Ḥut-ka-Ptaḥ (English spelling) Hutka Ptah

Japanese: Ḥut-ka-Ptaḥ(英語表記)HutkaPtah
Ḥut-ka-Ptaḥ (English spelling) Hutka Ptah

…The sphere of influence of the Gharbiya Desert was the oases of Siwa, al-Baḥrīya, al-Farāfira, al-Dākhila, al-Khārija, and Kharga, the Lower Nubia between the First and Second Catacombs, 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 come from the other name for the ancient city of Memphis, Ḥut-ka-Ptaḥ. The ancient Egyptians called their country Kemet (meaning the land of the black earth as opposed to the red desert) and Ta-wi (meaning the two countries of Upper and Lower Egypt). …

*Some of the glossaries that mention "Ḥut-ka-Ptaḥ" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…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。古代エジプト人は自国のことをケメトKemet(〈赤い〉砂漠に対する〈黒い〉土の国の意),タ・ウイTa‐wi(上エジプトと下エジプトの〈二つの国〉の意)などと呼んだ。…

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