upper egypt

1. 1.

   one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt; extends south from Cairo to Sudan

   Broaderadministrative district

   Part ofEgypt

   PartsNag Hammadi

Questions about upper egypt

What does upper egypt mean?

upper egypt means "one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt; extends south from Cairo to Sudan".

Is upper egypt a common word?

upper egypt is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.