Egypt

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Hebrew Name: מצרים 

Greek Name:  Αίγυπτος

English Name: Arab Republic of Egypt

Arabic Name:  Mişr

German Name:  Ägypten

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Main Language:  Arabic

Secondary Languages: Egyptian Arabic, Sa'idi Arabic, eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic, Sudanese Arabic, Domari, Nobiin, Beja, Siwi

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Current Population: 100,075,480

Latest known Population:  94,798,827

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Interesting Facts:

Egyptian language is called, hieroglyphs and is spelled 'r n mt'. Many names in Egyptian were translated into Greek. There are also Egyptian words, such as Pharaoh that are in the Hebrew Bible, including such names as, Joseph who was called Zaphnath-Paaneah.