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Ait vs Egypt - What's the difference?

ait | egypt |

As a noun ait

is place, area.

As a proper noun egypt is

a country in north africa official name: arab republic of egypt.

ait

English

Noun

(wikipedia ait) (en noun)
  • An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.
  • * R. Hodges (1649)
  • The ait where the osiers grew.
  • * 1833 , , Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life trans. John Oxenford, book 9,
  • Striking richness of vegetation which follows in the windings of the Rhine, marks its banks, islands, and aits .
  • * 1853 , , Bleak House , ch. 1,
  • Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows.
  • (Scotland) An oat.
  • (Burns)

    Synonyms

    * eyot

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    egypt

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A country in North Africa. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt.
  • (historical) A civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean.
  • Synonyms

    * (modern country) Arab Republic of Egypt * (civilization) Ancient Egypt, Egyptian civilization

    Derived terms

    * Egyptian * gypsy

    See also

    * United Arab Republic * *