Egyptland

English Etymology From en enm Egiptelond, enm Egipte-lond, from en ang Egipta land, ang Egypta land the land of the Egyptians, equivalent to en Egypt land. Compare nl Egypteland, is Egyptaland. Proper noun en rare non-standard The land of the Egyptians; Egypt en 1937 David Adams Leeming; Jake Page Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America: An Anthology Go down, Moses, / Way down in Egyptland / Tell old Pharaoh / To let my people go. en 1941 Sterling Allen Brown; Arthur Paul Davis; Ulysses Lee The Negro caravan: writings by American Negroes It required no stretch of imagination to see the trials of the Israelites as paralleling the trials of the slaves, Pharaoh and his army as oppressors, and Egyptland as the South. en 2004 R. J. Nimmo The Ancient Egyptian Ennead This was a fortunate development as otherwise work on a new land they were starting at the time, Egyptland, would have been stopped and the whole universe likely destroyed as a result. en 2004 Bruce Vermazen That Moaning Saxophone Two of the numbers, “Alexandria” and “Fatima,” fall into the same “oriental” category as “Egyptland,” but both offer a lot more musical interest. Related terms en Egyptish en Egypt