Upper Egypt

American  

[uhp-er ee-jipt] / ˈʌp ər ˈi dʒɪpt /

noun

1. Egypt2

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Upper Egypt British  

noun

1. one of the four main traditional administrative districts of Egypt: extends south from Cairo to the Sudan

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Example Sentences

A French team cut the Dendera Zodiac, an ancient Egyptian celestial map, from the Temple of Hathor in Upper Egypt in 1821.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

Metry is the son of farmers who raised animals and crops on a piece of land near Sohag in Upper Egypt, one of the few fertile spaces in a largely arid country.

From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2023

“It is important because it shows us more about the life of regular Egyptians at this time,” Director General of Antiquities of Upper Egypt Fathy Yaseen told CBS News.

From Washington Times • Jan. 28, 2023

Alexandria, on the Mediterranean coast, and Assiut, in Upper Egypt, were among cities where people said on social media they felt their houses and buildings shaking.

From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2021

It referred to her power over both Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby