Upper Egypt
English
Proper noun
Upper
Egypt
The southern portion of
Egypt
.
Coordinate term:
Lower Egypt
(
Egyptology
)
The part of
Ancient Egypt
south of Memphis, so named because the
Nile
flows south to north.
Derived terms
Upper Egyptian
Translations
Southern Egypt
Akkadian:
𒉺𒌓𒊑𒋛
(
Paturisi
)
Arabic:
صَعِيد مِصْر
(
ṣaʕid miṣr
)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
上埃及
(zh)
(
Shàng Āijí
)
Coptic:
ⲙⲁⲣⲏⲥ
m
(
marēs
)
Dutch:
Opper-Egypte
n
Egyptian:
(
šmꜥ
)
Finnish:
Ylä-Egypti
French:
Haute-Égypte
(fr)
Galician:
Alto Exipto
m
German:
Oberägypten
(de)
n
Hebrew:
מצרים העליונה
f
,
פתרוס
(he)
Irish:
an Éigipt Uachtarach
f
Latin:
Aegyptus superior
m
Portuguese:
Alto Egito
m
Russian:
Ве́рхний Еги́пет
(ru)
m
(
Vérxnij Jegípet
)
Spanish:
Alto Egipto
m
Turkish:
Yukarı Mısır
(tr)