UPPER EGYPT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Upper Egypt mean? 

• UPPER EGYPT (noun)
  The noun UPPER EGYPT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: UPPER EGYPT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UPPER EGYPT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

administrative district; administrative division; territorial division (a district defined for administrative purposes)

Meronyms (parts of "Upper Egypt"):

Nag Hammadi (a town in Upper Egypt)

Holonyms ("Upper Egypt" is a part of...):

Arab Republic of Egypt; Egypt; United Arab Republic (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC)