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UPPER EGYPT
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I. (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)
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