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say it: i-JIP-shuhn
egyptian is a noun and adjective meaning "a native or inhabitant of Egypt". It is pronounced /ɪˈdʒɪpʃən/ — i-JIP-shuhn. It carries 3 recorded senses.
the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC
of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for egyptian come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.