Coptic Submitted Place Names

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Aleksandria ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ (Settlement) Coptic, Armenian, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, Polish, Swahili
Form of Alexandria used in various languages.

Amiton ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲟⲛ, ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲱⲛ (Country) Coptic
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Greek Μῆδος (Medos) meaning "Mede", referring to the historical region of Media in what is now northwestern Iran. This is the Coptic name for China, with the spelling ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲟⲛ used in both Bohairic and Sahidic while ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲱⲛ is solely used in Bohairic.

Keme ⲕⲏⲙⲉ (Country) Coptic (Sahidic)
Sahidic Coptic form of kmt (see the Bohairic form Khemi).

Khemi ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (Country) Coptic (Bohairic)
The Bohairic Coptic name for Egypt, derived from Egyptian kmt referring to both Egypt and the Nile Valley. The name ultimately comes from the word km meaning "black" combined with the feminine singular and graphical suffix -t, most likely referring to the fertile black soil of the Nile Delta.

Rakote ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ (Settlement) Coptic (Sahidic)
Sahidic Coptic form of rꜥ-qdyt (see Rakoti).

Rakoti ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ (Settlement) Coptic (Bohairic)
Derived from Egyptian rꜥ-qdyt possibly from rꜥ meaning "sun, day" (also the name of the Egyptian sun god Ra) and qdy meaning "to go around, to return, to surround"... [more]

Tharmenia ⲑⲁⲣⲙⲉⲛⲓⲁ (Country) Coptic
The Coptic name for Armenia, derived from the feminine definite article ⲧ (t) combined with ϩⲁⲣⲙⲉⲛⲓⲁ (harmenia) referring to Armenia.

Thentike ⲑⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲏ (Country) Coptic
The Coptic name for India, derived from the feminine definite article ⲧ (t) and ϩⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲏ (hentike) referring to India, ultimately from Greek Ἰνδική (Indike).

Tiellas ϯⲉⲗⲗⲁⲥ (Country) Coptic (Bohairic)
Bohairic Coptic name for Greece, derived from Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellas).

Tikeshromi ϯⲕⲉϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ (Settlement) Coptic
Possibly means "breaker of men" in Coptic, from the feminine definite article ϯ (ti) combined with ⲕⲱϣ (kosh) meaning "break" and ⲣⲱⲙⲓ (romi) meaning "man" — taken from a calque of the city's Arabic name القاهرة (al-Qahirah) meaning "the victorious"... [more]

Tiperses ϯⲡⲉⲣⲥⲏⲥ (Settlement) Coptic
Means "the Persian (fortress)" from the Coptic definite article ϯ (ti) combined with ⲡⲉⲣⲥⲏⲥ (perses) meaning "Persian". This is the Coptic name for the Egyptian city of Giza.

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