Egyptian Mythology Origin Place Names

This is a list of place names in which the origin is Egyptian Mythology. Egyptian was the Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Egypt.

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Aegyptus (Country) Ancient Roman
Latin form of Egypt.

Ägypten (Country) German
German form of Egypt.

Aigyptos (Country) Greek, Ancient Greek
Greek form of Egypt.

Egipat (Country) Serbian, Croatian
Serbian and Croatian form of Aegyptus (see Egypt).

Egipt (Country) Polish, Slovene, Romanian
Polish, Slovene and Romanian form of Aegyptus (see Egypt).

Egipte (Country) Afrikaans, Catalan
Afrikaans and Catalan form of Egypte or Aegyptus (see Egypt).

Egipto (Country) Spanish
Spanish form of Aegyptus (see Egypt).

Egito (Country) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Aegyptus (see Egypt).

Egitto (Country) Italian
Italian form of Aegyptus (see Egypt).

Egypt (Country) English
From Latin Aegyptus, itself from Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aigyptos), which was probably derived from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, the name of the temple to the god Ptah in Memphis, meaning "the house of the soul of Ptah". Descendants of the Latin name are used in most European languages to refer to the ancient kingdom and modern country of Egypt. However, the name the ancient Egyptians used to refer to the Nile Valley was Kemet, and the Arabic speakers of modern Egypt call it Masr.

Égypte (Country) French
French form of Aegyptus (see Egypt).

Egypte (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of Aegyptus (see Egypt).

Hut-Ka-Ptah (Other) Ancient Egyptian (Hypothetical)
Ancient Egyptian name (reconstructed) of the temple of Ptah in Memphis (see Egypt).