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This is a list of traditional Coptic place names. This list includes: Places involved in the history of Egypt and the Coptic Christianity and the Coptic names given to them. Places whose names originate from the Coptic language. Places whose names were derived from the Coptic language by scholars.
The oldest layer of the Egyptian naming tradition is native Egyptian names. These can be either traced back to pre-Coptic stage of the language, attested in Hieroglyphic, Hieratic or Demotic texts (i.e. ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ Amoun, ⲛⲁⲃⲉⲣϩⲟ Naberho, ϩⲉⲣⲟⲩⲱϫ Herwōč, ⲧⲁⲏⲥⲓ Taēsi) or be first attested in Coptic texts and derived from purely Coptic lemmas (i.e ...
The name shall be followed by: Nothing; if the place is a city (ex: Cairo), a district (ex: Azbakeya, El Manial, El Marg, Montaza), a markaz (ex: Desouk, Borg El Arab), or a neighborhood (ex: Bakos, Gianaclis). For all those places, the official name only consists of the conventional English name of the place.
These are lists of place names, i.e. lists of places mainly ordered by place name. Subcategories. ... List of Coptic place names; D. List of double placenames;
Map of ancient Egypt with town names in hieroglyphs Index of four charts of ancient Egyptian Cities Lower Egypt Upper Egypt part 1 Upper Egypt and part of Nubia Nubia. This is a list of known ancient Egyptian towns and cities. [1]
Holy Cross Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Hagir Danfīq, Qena) St. Badaba Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Nag Hammadi, Qena) Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Naqada, Qena) St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Naqada, Qena) Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qamula, Qena) St. Andrews Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qamula, Qena)
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Coptic Orthodox Cross with traditional Coptic script reading: 'Jesus Christ, the Son of God' The Coptic year is the extension of the ancient Egyptian civil year, retaining its subdivision into the three seasons, four months each. The three seasons are commemorated by special prayers in the Coptic liturgy.