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Egypt Pronunciation
Egypt is pronounced EE-juhpt, IPA /ˈidʒəpt/.
EE-juhpt
US /ˈidʒəpt/
Syllables: EE · juhpt (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
proper noun: The country at the north east corner of Africa, built around the Nile.
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Egypt in a Sentence
- Egypt has about a hundred million people, most of them along the river.
- They flew to Egypt for a week on the Red Sea.
- Cotton from Egypt was prized throughout the nineteenth century.
Common Mispronunciations of Egypt
Not e-JIPT
Weight belongs on the opening EE, with the second beat reduced to a weak juhpt.
Not EG-ipt
The g answers to the y behind it and comes out as a j, which Egyptian keeps as well.
Tip: Egyptian shifts the beat to the middle, i-JIP-shuhn, and turns the ending into a single shuhn.
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