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Upper Egypt

[ uhp-er ee-jipt ]
/ ˈʌp ər ˈi dʒɪpt /

noun

See under Egypt (def. 2).

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Words nearby Upper Egypt

upper crust, uppercut, Upper Darby, upper deck, Upper East Side, Upper Egypt, upper extremity, upper GI series, upper hand, upper house, upper mordent
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British Dictionary definitions for Upper Egypt

Upper Egypt

noun

one of the four main traditional administrative districts of Egypt: extends south from Cairo to the Sudan
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