Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for E-GYP'TIAN
E-GYP'TIAN, a. [from Egypt, Gr. Αιγυπτος; supposed to be so called from the name Coptos, a principal town, from gupta, guarded, fortified. Asiat. Res. iii, 304, 335. So Mesr, Mazor, Heb. מצור, whence Misraim, signifies a fortress, from צר to bind or inclose.]
Pertaining to Egypt in Africa.
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