Country · EG
Egypt in other languages: Miṣr, Cairo, Alexandria and 27 governorates
Egypt is مصر (Miṣr) in Arabic; its official name is جمهورية مصر العربية (Ǧumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʿArabīya), the Arab Republic of Egypt, and its ISO 3166-1 codes are EG, EGY and 818. The lists below give Egypt in 200 languages, Cairo in 114, Alexandria in 121 and the Valley of the Kings in 90, followed by the 27 governorates with their capitals.
Official languagesArabic
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ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric
- alpha-2
- EG
- alpha-3
- EGY
- numeric
- 818
مصر
Arabic · ArabicRomanised Miṣr
جمهورية مصر العربيةǦumhūrīyâẗu Miṣra l-ʿArabīyâ
- English
- EgyptArab Republic of Egypt
- Capital
- القاهرةal-Qāhirâ · Cairo
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026
Egypt (Miṣr) in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Czech, Norwegian, Slovak | eng / ces / nor / slk | Egypt | same as written |
| Breton, Kashubian, Polish, Romanian, Slovenian, Silesian | bre / csb / pol / ron / slv / szl | Egipt | same as written |
| Afrikaans, Catalan, Occitan | afr / cat / oci | Egipte | same as written |
| Basque, Papiamentu, Spanish | eus / pap / spa | Egipto | same as written |
| West Frisian, Limburgish, Dutch | fry / lim / nld | Egypte | same as written |
| Bambara, Zarma | bam / dje | Misira | same as written |
| German, Low German, Saterland Frisian | deu / nds / stq | Ägypten | same as written |
| Faroese, Icelandic | fao / isl | Egyptaland | same as written |
| Finnish, Kven | fin / fkv | Egypti | same as written |
| French, Norman French | fra / nrm | Égypte | same as written |
| Galician, Nahuatl | glg / nah | Exipto | same as written |
| Hausa, Somali | hau / som | Masar | same as written |
| Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Plautdietsch | kin / run / pdt | Ejipte | same as written |
| Turkish, Zazaki | tur / zza | Mısır | same as written |
| Aragonese | arg | Echipto | same as written |
| Asturian | ast | Exiptu | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Misir / Мисир | Misir |
| Bosnian | bos | Egipat / Египат / ئەغٖىپات | Egipat |
| Cornish | cor | Ejyp | same as written |
| Corsican | cos | Egittu | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar | crh | Mısır / Мысыр | Mısır |
| Welsh | cym | Yr Aifft | same as written |
| Danish | dan | Ægypten | same as written |
| Lower Sorbian | dsb | Egyptojska | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Egipto, Egiptio | same as written |
| Estonian | est | Egiptus | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal | frp | Èg·ipte | same as written |
| Friulian | fur | Egjit | same as written |
| Gagauz | gag | Yegipet / Египет | Yegipet |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | An Èipheit | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Éigipt | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Eajipt | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Ejip | same as written |
| Hawaiian | haw | ʻAikupika | same as written |
| Croatian | hrv | Egipat | same as written |
| Upper Sorbian | hsb | Egyptowska | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Egyiptom | same as written |
| Igbo | ibo | Ijipt | same as written |
| Interlingua | ina | Egypto | same as written |
| Indonesian | ind | Mesir, Masir | same as written |
| Italian | ita | Egitto | same as written |
| Javanese | jav | Mesir | same as written |
| Jersey Norman French | jnf | Êgypte | same as written |
| Karakalpak | kaa | Mısır / Мысыр, Yegipet / Египет | Mısır, Yegipet |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Misr, Misir | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Aegyptus | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Ēģipte | same as written |
| Lingala | lin | Ejipte, Ejipiti | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Egiptas | same as written |
| Ladin | lld | Egit | same as written |
| Latgalian | ltg | Egipts | same as written |
| Luxembourgish, Swedish | ltz / swe | Egypten | same as written |
| Ganda | lug | Misiri | same as written |
| Mauritius Creole | mfe | Lezip | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Ejipta, Egypta | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Eġittu | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Egipt / Еӂипт | Egipt |
| Mossi | mos | Ezipt | same as written |
| Maori | mri | Īhipa | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Mesir / مصر | Mesir |
| Southern Ndebele | nbl | iGibhithe | same as written |
| Novial | nov | Egiptia | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Egipto / Egito | same as written |
| Quechua | que | Iqiptu | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Ejipto / एजिप्तो | Ejipto |
| Romansh | roh | Egipta | same as written |
| Aromanian | rup | Eghiptu | same as written |
| Sicilian | scn | Eggittu | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Egipt / Египт | Egipt |
| Northern Sami | sme | Egypta | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Egėpts | same as written |
| Samoan | smo | Aikupito | same as written |
| Southern Sotho | sot | Egepeta | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Egjipti, Misri | same as written |
| Sardinian | srd | Egitu | same as written |
| Swahili | swa | Misri | same as written |
| Tahitian | tah | ʻAifiti, ʻEifiti | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Ejitu | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Ehipto | same as written |
| Tongan | ton | ʻIsipite | same as written |
| Tswana | tsn | Egepeto | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Müsür / Мүсүр, Ýegipet / Египет | Müsür, Ýegipet |
| Uzbek | uzb | Misr / Миср / مىسر | Misr |
| Vietnamese | vie | Ai Cập | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Lägüptän | same as written |
| Võro | vor | Egüptüs | same as written |
| Walloon | wln | Edjipe | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Isipt, Ejipt | same as written |
| Xhosa | xho | iJiputa | same as written |
| Zulu | zul | iGibithe | same as written |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Єгѷптъ | Egÿptŭ |
| Altai, Chuvash, Khakas, Komi, Meadow Mari, Mongolian, Russian, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk | alt / chv / kjh / kom / mhr / mon / rus / tyv / udm / xal | Египет | Jegipet |
| Kumyk, Lak, Tabassaran | kum / lbe / tab | Мисри, Египет | Misri, Jegipet |
| Adyghe, Kabardian, Ossetian | ady / kbd / oss | Мысыр, Египет | Mysyr, Jegipet |
| Bulgarian, Macedonian | bul / mkd | Египет | Egipet |
| Ingush, Karachay-Balkar | inh / krc | Мисир, Египет | Misir, Jegipet |
| Abkhaz | abk | Мысры | Mysry |
| Abaza | abq | Мсыр, Египет | Msyr, Jegipet |
| Avar | ava | Миср, Египет | Misr, Jegipet |
| Bashkir | bak | Мысыр / Mısır, Египет / Yegipet | Mısır, Yegipet |
| Belarusian | bel | Егіпет / Jehipiet, Эгіпет / Ehipiet, Эгіпэт / Ehipet | Jehipiet, Ehipiet, Ehipet |
| Chechen | che | Мисар / Misar, Египет / Yegipet | Misar, Yegipet |
| Kazakh | kaz | Мысыр / مىسىر / Mısır, Египет / ەگيپەت / Egïpet | Mısır, Egïpet |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Мысыр / مىسىر / Mısır, Эгипет / ەگىپەت / Egipet | Mısır, Egipet |
| Kurdish (Caucasus) | kmr | Мьср / Misr, Мьсьр / Misir | Misr, Misir |
| Lezgi | lez | Мисри | Misri |
| Rusyn | rue | Еґіпет | Egipet |
| Yakut | sah | Эгипет | Ägipet |
| Serbian | srp | Египат / Egipat | Egipat |
| Tatar | tat | Мисыр / Misır / مىسىر | Misır |
| Tajik | tgk | Миср / مصر / Misr | Misr |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Єґипет | Jegypet |
| Old Persian | peo | 𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹 | same as written |
| Arabic, Western Punjabi, Pashto, Urdu | ara / pnb / pus / urd | مصر | Miṣr |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | میصیر / Misir | Misir |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | میسر / Mîsir, مسر / Misir | Mîsir, Misir |
| Persian | fas | مصر / Mesr | Mesr |
| Dari | prs | مصر | Meṣr |
| Uyghur | uig | مىسىر / Misir / Мисир | Misir |
| Dhivehi | div | މިސްރު, މިޞްރު | Misru, Miṣru |
| Syriac | syr | ܡܨܪܢ, ܡܨܪܝܢ | Miṣrin, Miṣrīn |
| Hebrew | heb | מצרים / מצריים | Miʦrayim |
| Ladino | lad | איגﬞיפטו / Edjipto | Edjipto |
| Yiddish | yid | עגיפּטן | Egiptn |
| Berber | ber | ⵎⵉⵚⵕ / Miṣṛ | Miṣṛ |
| Kabyle | kab | ⵎⴰⵚⵔ / Maṣr, ⵉⴳⵉⴱⵜ / Igibt | Maṣr, Igibt |
| Amharic | amh | ግብፅ, ምሥር | Gəbs̤, Məśr |
| Coptic-Sahidic | cop-sah | Ⲕⲏⲙⲉ | same as written |
| Coptic-Bohairic | cop-boh | Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ | same as written |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell | Αίγυπτος | Aígyptos |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell | Αἴγυπτος | Aígyptos |
| Armenian | hye | Եգիպտոս | Yegiptos |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | ეგვიპტე | Egvipte |
| Laz | lzz | მისირი / Misiri, ეგვიფტია / Egvipt’ia | Misiri, Egvipt’ia |
| Hindi | hin | मिश्र, मिस्र, इजिप्ट, इजिप्त | Mišr, Misr, Ijipṭ, Ijipt |
| Marathi | mar | इजिप्ट | Ijipṭ |
| Nepali | nep | मिस्र, इजिप्ट | Misr, Idzipṭ |
| Bengali | ben | মিশর, মিসর | Mišôr, Misôr |
| Gujarati | guj | મિસર, ઇજિપ્ત | Misar, Ijipt |
| Odia | ori | ମିଶର, ଇଜିପ୍ଟ | Mišôr, Ijipṭ |
| Punjabi | pan | ਮਿਸਰ | Misar |
| Sinhala | sin | ඊජිප්තුව, මිසරය | Ījiptuva, Misaraya |
| Kannada | kan | ಈಜಿಪ್ಟ್ | Ījipṭ |
| Malayalam | mal | ഈജിപ്ത്, ഈജിപ്റ്റ് | Ījipt, Ījipṟṟ |
| Tamil | tam | எகிப்து | Ekiptu |
| Telugu | tel | ఈజిప్ట్ | Ījipṭ |
| Chinese | zho | 埃及 | Āijí |
| Cantonese | yue | 埃及 | Òigahp |
| Japanese | jpn | エジプト | Ejiputo |
| Korean | kor | 이집트 | Ijibteu |
| Tibetan | bod | ཨའི་ཅི།, ཨེ་ཟིབ།, ཨེད་ཅི།, ཨེད་ཟི།, ཨེ་ཅི། | A'i.či, E.zib, Ed.či, Ed.zi, E.či |
| Dzongkha | dzo | ཨི་ཇིཔཊ། | I.jipṭ |
| Burmese | mya | အီဂျစ် | Ijiʿ |
| Thai | tha | อียิปต์ | Īyip[d] |
| Lao | lao | ເອຢິບ | Ēyip |
| Khmer | khm | អេហ្ស៊ីប, អេហ្សីប | Ehsīb, Ehsīb |
02 · NamesU+0645 ARABIC LETTER MEEM
Miṣr and Aigyptos: the two families of names
Two names for Egypt run through the list. One is the Arabic مصر (Miṣr), which Persian, Urdu and Pashto write the same way, and which many languages of Africa and Asia have borrowed: Turkish Mısır, Swahili Misri, Malay and Indonesian Mesir, Hausa and Somali Masar, Bambara Misira. The Russian Caucasus keeps it beside the Russian form, so Abkhaz has Мысры (Mysry) and Avar Миср next to Египет. Hebrew has a related form of its own, מצרים (Miṣrayim).
The other family descends from Greek Αίγυπτος (Aígyptos) through Latin Aegyptus. English Egypt, German Ägypten, French Égypte, Spanish Egipto and Russian Египет (Jegipet) all belong here, as do Welsh Yr Aifft and Hawaiian ʻAikupika. Several languages hold both: Hindi lists मिस्र (Misr) and इजिप्ट (Ijipṭ), Sinhala ඊජිප්තුව (Ījiptuva) and මිසරය (Misaraya), Kazakh Мысыр and Египет.
Coptic belongs to neither family. Its Sahidic dialect writes Ⲕⲏⲙⲉ and its Bohairic dialect Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ, and for Alexandria the list gives Ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ in Sahidic. Alexandria itself splits along a similar line: the Greek Αλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia) stands behind the European forms, while Arabic الإسكندرية (al-Iskandarīya), Turkish İskenderiye and Persian اسکندریه (Eskandariye) start from Iskandar.
Cairo (al-Qāhira) in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Aragonese, Galician, Portuguese, Romanian | eng / arg / glg / por / ron | Cairo | same as written |
| Danish, Esperanto, Estonian, Basque, Finnish, Croatian, Indonesian, Javanese, Malagasy, Norwegian, Slovenian, Swahili, Swedish, German, Luxembourgish, Low German | dan / epo / est / eus / fin / hrv / ind / jav / mlg / nor / slv / swa / swe / deu / ltz / nds | Kairo | same as written |
| Asturian, Spanish | ast / spa | El Cairo | same as written |
| Czech, Slovak | ces / slk | Káhira | same as written |
| West Frisian, Limburgish | fry / lim | Caïro | same as written |
| Polish, Silesian | pol / szl | Kair | same as written |
| Turkish, Zazaki | tur / zza | Kahire | same as written |
| Afrikaans | afr | Kaïro | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Qahirə / Гаһирә | Qahirə |
| Bosnian | bos | Kairo / Каиро / قاٖىرۉ | Kairo |
| Breton | bre | Kaero | same as written |
| Catalan | cat | El Caire | same as written |
| Corsican | cos | U Cairu | same as written |
| French | fra | Le Caire | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Caireo | same as written |
| Hausa | hau | Alƙahira, Cairo, Misra, Birnin Misra | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Kairó | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Kaíró | same as written |
| Italian | ita | Il Cairo | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Qahîre | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Cairus, Cahira | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Kaira | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Kairas | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Il-Kajr | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Cairo / Кайро | Cairo |
| Malay | msa | Kaherah / قاهره | Kaherah |
| Dutch | nld | Caïro, Kaïro | same as written |
| Sicilian | scn | Lu Cairu | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Kairo / Каиро | Kairo |
| Samogitian | smg | Kairs | same as written |
| Somali | som | Qaahira | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Kajro | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Kairu | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Kayro | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Kair / Каир | Kair |
| Uzbek | uzb | Qohira / Қоҳира / قاھىرە | Qohira |
| Vietnamese | vie | Lơ Ke, Cai-rô | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Kahirä | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Keer | same as written |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Каїро | Kaïro |
| Mongolian, Russian | mon / rus | Каир | Kair |
| Bashkir | bak | Ҡаһирә / Ķahirä | Ķahirä |
| Belarusian | bel | Каір / Kair | Kair |
| Bulgarian | bul | Кайро | Kajro |
| Chechen | che | Къахӏира / Q̇ahira | Q̇ahira |
| Kazakh | kaz | Әл-Қаһира / ءال-قاھيرا / Äl-Qahïra, Каир / كاير / Kaïr | Äl-Qahïra, Kaïr |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Каир / كائر / Kair | Kair |
| Lak | lbe | Кьагьира | Q̇ahira |
| Lezgi | lez | Къагьир | Q̄ahir |
| Serbian | srp | Каиро / Kairo | Kairo |
| Tatar | tat | Каһирә / Qahirä / قاھىرە | Qahirä |
| Tajik | tgk | Қоҳира / قاهره / Qohira | Qohira |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Каїр | Kaïr |
| Arabic | ara | القاهرة | al-Qāhirâ |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | قاهیره / Qahirə | Qahirə |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | قاهیرە / Qahîre | Qahîre |
| Persian | fas | قاهره / Qâhere | Qâhere |
| Western Punjabi, Urdu | pnb / urd | قاہرہ | Qāhirâ |
| Pashto | pus | قاهره | Qāhirâ |
| Uyghur | uig | قاھىرە / Qahire / Қаһирә | Qahire |
| Dhivehi | div | ޤާހިރާ | Qāhirā |
| Syriac | syr | ܩܗܪܐ | Qahirā |
| Hebrew | heb | קהיר, קאהיר | Qahīr, Qāhīr |
| Yiddish | yid | קײַראָ | Kayro |
| Amharic | amh | ካይሮ | Kayro |
| Coptic-Bohairic | cop-boh | Ⲕⲁϩⲓⲣⲁ, Ⲭⲁⲓ̄ⲣⲟⲛ, Ⲕⲉϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ | same as written |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell | Κάιρο | Káiro |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell | Κάϊρον | Káïron |
| Armenian | hye | Կահիրե, Կահիրա | Kahire, Kahira |
| Georgian | kat | ქაირო, კაირო | Ḳairo, Kairo |
| Hindi | hin | काहिरा, कैरो, केरो, कायरो | Kāhirā, Kæro, Kero, Kāyro |
| Marathi | mar | कैरो | Kairo |
| Nepali | nep | काहिरा, काहिरो, कायरो | Kāhirā, Kāhiro, Kāyro |
| Bengali | ben | কাইরো, কেয়রো, কায়রো | Kāiro, Keyro, Kāyro |
| Gujarati | guj | કૅરો | Kĕro |
| Punjabi | pan | ਕਾਹਿਰਾ, ਕਾਈਰੋ | Kāhirā, Kāīro |
| Kannada | kan | ಕೈರೋ, ಕೈರೊ | Kairō, Kairo |
| Malayalam | mal | കെയ്റോ | Keyṟō |
| Tamil | tam | கெய்ரோ, கைரோ | Keyrō, Kairō |
| Telugu | tel | కైరో | Kairō |
| Chinese | zho | 開羅/开罗 | Kāiluō |
| Cantonese | yue | 開羅/开罗 | Hòilòih |
| Japanese | jpn | カイロ | Kairo |
| Korean | kor | 카이로 | Kairo |
| Tibetan | bod | ཁ་ཡི་རོ།, ཁའེ་ལོ།, ཁེ་ལེའོ། | Kʰa.yi.ro, Kʰa'e.lo, Kʰe.le'o |
| Burmese | mya | ကိုင်ရို | Kaĩẏo |
| Thai | tha | ไคโร | Kʰairō |
| Lao | lao | ເລີແກ | Lœ̄kǣ |
| Khmer | khm | គែរ, គែរូ, កៃរ៉ូ | Kær, Kærū, Kairū |
The Romance languages put the article in front of the city: El Cairo in Spanish, Le Caire in French, Il Cairo in Italian, El Caire in Catalan; Maltese Il-Kajr does the same with its own article.
Alexandria (al-Iskandarīya) in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Catalan, Danish, Basque, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish | eng / cat / dan / eus / hun / nor / por / ron / slk / swe | Alexandria | same as written |
| Breton, Estonian, Finnish, Malagasy, Polish, Albanian | bre / est / fin / mlg / pol / sqi | Aleksandria | same as written |
| Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovenian | hrv / lav / lit / slv | Aleksandrija | same as written |
| Afrikaans, Limburgish, Dutch | afr / lim / nld | Alexandrië | same as written |
| Asturian, Galician, Icelandic | ast / glg / isl | Alexandría | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Alexandrien, Alexandria | same as written |
| Czech, French | ces / fra | Alexandrie | same as written |
| Turkish, Zazaki | tur / zza | İskenderiye | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | İskəndəriyyə / Искәндәријјә | İskəndəriyyə |
| Bambara | bam | Alɛkisandri | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Aleksandrija / Александрија / آلەقساندرٖىيا | Aleksandrija |
| Welsh | cym | Alecsandria | same as written |
| Zarma | dje | Iskandariya | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Aleksandrio | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Aleksandrje | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Cathair Alastair | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Aleksandri | same as written |
| Indonesian | ind | Iskandariah | same as written |
| Italian, Sicilian | ita / scn | Alessandria | same as written |
| Javanese | jav | Alexandria, Iskandariyah | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Îskenderiye | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Alexandria Magna | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Lixandra | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Alexandria / Александрия | Alexandria |
| Mossi | mos | Alegsãndri | same as written |
| Maori | mri | Arehānaria | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Iskandariah / اسكندريه | Iskandariah |
| Southern Ndebele | nbl | i-Alekizandriya | same as written |
| Occitan | oci | Alexàndria | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Aleksandria / Александриа | Aleksandria |
| Spanish | spa | Alejandría | same as written |
| Swahili | swa | Iskanderia | same as written |
| Silesian | szl | Aleksandryjo | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Alehandriya | same as written |
| Tswana | tsn | Alekesanteria | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Iskandariýa / Искандария, Aleksandriýa / Александрия | Iskandariýa, Aleksandriýa |
| Uzbek | uzb | Iskandariya / Искандария / ئىسكەندەرىيە | Iskandariya |
| Venetian | vec | Ałesandria | same as written |
| Vietnamese | vie | A-lếc-xăng-đri-a | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Alegsàndiri | same as written |
| Xhosa | xho | iAlesandriya | same as written |
| Zulu | zul | iAleksandriya | same as written |
| Gothic | got | 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌺𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌰 | Aleksandria |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Алєѯандрі́ꙗ | Alexandrī́ja |
| Chuvash, Mongolian, Ossetian | chv / mon / oss | Александри | Aleksandri |
| Bulgarian, Russian | bul / rus | Александрия | Aleksandrija |
| Bashkir | bak | Искәндәриә / Iskändäriä | Iskändäriä |
| Belarusian | bel | Александрыя / Aleksandryja | Aleksandryja |
| Kazakh | kaz | Александрия / الەكساندريا / Aleksandrïya | Aleksandrïya |
| Kabardian | kbd | Александриэ | Aleksandriă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Александрия / الەكساندرىيا / Aleksandriya | Aleksandriya |
| Komi | kom | Ӧльӧксандрия | Öl'öksandrija |
| Meadow Mari | mhr | Александрий | Aleksandrij |
| Macedonian | mkd | Александрија | Aleksandrija |
| Serbian | srp | Александрија / Aleksandrija | Aleksandrija |
| Tatar | tat | Искәндәрия / İskändäriä / ئىسكەندەرىيە | İskändäriä |
| Tajik | tgk | Искандария / اسکندریه / Iskandarija | Iskandarija |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Александрія | Aleksandrija |
| Arabic | ara | الإسكندرية | al-Iskandarīyâ |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | ایسکندریییه / İskəndəriyyə | İskəndəriyyə |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | ئەسکەندەرییە / Eskenderîye | Eskenderîye |
| Persian | fas | اسکندریه / Eskandariye | Eskandariye |
| Pashto | pus | اسکندريه | Iskandariyâ |
| Uyghur | uig | ئىسكەندەرىيە / Iskenderiye / Искәндәрийә | Iskenderiye |
| Urdu | urd | اسکندریہ | Iskandarīyâ |
| Dhivehi | div | އެލެގްސެންޑްރިޔާ | Elegsenḋriyā |
| Syriac | syr | ܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ | Aleksandriyā |
| Hebrew | heb | אלכסנדריה | Aleksandriyah |
| Yiddish | yid | אַלעקסאַנדריע | Aleksandrie |
| Kabyle | kab | ⵙⴽⴰⵏⴷⵔⵉⵢⴰ / Skandriya | Skandriya |
| Amharic | amh | አሌክሳንድሪያ, እስክንድርያ | Ăleksandriya, Əskəndərya |
| Coptic-Sahidic | cop-sah | Ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ | same as written |
| Coptic-Bohairic | cop-boh | Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ, Ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲩϯ | same as written |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell | Αλεξάνδρεια | Alexándreia |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell | Ἀλεξάνδρεια | Alexándreia |
| Armenian | hye | Ալեքսանդրիա | Alek̕sandria |
| Georgian | kat | ალექსანდრია | Aleḳsandria |
| Hindi | hin | सिकंदरिया, आलेक्ज़ेंड्रिया, इसकंदरिया | Sikaṃdariyā, Ālekzeṃḍriyā, Iskaṃdariyā |
| Marathi | mar | अलेक्झांड्रिया | Alekdzʰāṃḍriyā |
| Bengali | ben | আলেক্জান্দ্রিয়া / আলেকজান্দ্রিয়া | Ālekjāndriyā |
| Gujarati | guj | એલેક્ઝાન્ડ્રિયા | Elekjʰānḍriyā |
| Punjabi | pan | ਸਿਕੰਦਰੀਆ, ਸਕੰਦਰੀਆ, ਸਕਿੰਦਰੀਆ | Sikãdarīā, Sakãdarīā, Sakĩdarīā |
| Sinhala | sin | ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩ්රියාව | Æleksænḍriyāva |
| Kannada | kan | ಅಲೆಕ್ಸಾಂಡ್ರಿಯ | Aleksāṃḍriya |
| Malayalam | mal | അലക്സാണ്ട്രിയ | Alaksāṇṭriya |
| Tamil | tam | அலெக்ஸாண்ட்ரியா | Aleksāṇṭriyā |
| Telugu | tel | అలెగ్జాండ్రియా | Alegjāṃḍriyā |
| Chinese | zho | 亞歷山卓港/亚历山大港 | Yàlìshāndà Gǎng |
| Japanese | jpn | アレキサンドリア, アレクサンドリア | Arekisandoria, Arekusandoria |
| Korean | kor | 알렉산드리아 | Alleksandeuria |
| Tibetan | bod | ཡ་ལི་ཧྲན་ད། | Ya.li.hran.da |
| Thai | tha | อเล็กซานเดรีย | Aleksāndriya |
The 27 governorates of Egypt (muḥāfaẓāt) and their capitals
Egypt is divided into 27 governorates. Each row gives the Arabic name with its romanisation, the ISO 3166-2 code and the capital.
| ISO 3166-2 | Arabic | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governorates27 | ||||
| EG-ALX | محافظة الإسكندريةMuḥāfaẓâẗu l-Iskandarīyâ | Alexandria | الإسكندريةal-Iskandarīyâ | |
| EG-ASN | محافظة أسوانMuḥāfaẓâẗu Aswān | Aswan | أسوانAswān | |
| EG-AST | محافظة أسيوطMuḥāfaẓâẗu Asyūṭ | Asyut | أسيوطAsyūṭ | |
| EG-BA | محافظة البحر الأحمرMuḥāfaẓâẗu l-Baḥri l-Aḥmar | Red Sea | الغردقةal-Ġardaqâ | |
| EG-BH | محافظة البحيرةMuḥāfaẓâẗu l-Buḥayrâ | Beheira | دمنهورDamanhūr | |
| EG-BNS | محافظة بنى سويفMuḥāfaẓâẗu Banī Suwayf | Beni Suef | بنى سويفBanī Suwayf | |
| EG-C | محافظة القاهرةMuḥāfaẓâẗu l-Qāhirâ | Cairo | القاهرةal-Qāhirâ | |
| EG-DK | محافظة الدقهليةMuḥāfaẓâẗu d-Daqahlīyâ | Dakahlia | المنصورةal-Manṣūrâ | |
| EG-DT | محافظة دمياطMuḥāfaẓâẗu Dumyāṭ | Damietta | دمياطDumyāṭ | |
| EG-FYM | محافظة الفيومMuḥāfaẓâẗu l-Fayyūm | Faiyum | الفيومal-Fayyūm | |
| EG-GH | محافظة الغربيةMuḥāfaẓâẗu l-Ġarbīyâ | Gharbia | طنطاṬanṭā | |
| EG-GZ | محافظة الجيزةMuḥāfaẓâẗu l-Ǧīzâ | Giza | الجيزةal-Ǧīzâ | |
| EG-IS | محافظة الإسماعيليةMuḥāfaẓâẗu l-Ismāʿīlīyâ | Ismailia | الإسماعيليةal-Ismāʿīlīyâ | |
| EG-JS | محافظة جنوب سيناءMuḥāfaẓâẗu Ǧanūbi Sīnāʾ | South Sinai | الطورaṭ-Ṭūr | |
| EG-KB | محافظة القليوبيةMuḥāfaẓâẗu l-Qalyūbīyâ | Qalyubia | بنهاBanhā | |
| EG-KFS | محافظة كفر الشيخMuḥāfaẓâẗu Kafri š-Šayḫ | Kafr el-Sheikh | كفر الشيخKafru š-Šayḫ | |
| EG-KN | محافظة قناMuḥāfaẓâẗu Qinā | Qena | قناQinā | |
| EG-LX | محافظة الأقصرMuḥāfaẓâẗu l-Uqṣur | Luxor | الأقصرal-Uqṣur | |
| EG-MN | محافظة المنياMuḥāfaẓâtu l-Minyā | Minya | المنياal-Minyā | |
| EG-MNF | محافظة المنوفيةMuḥāfaẓâtu l-Minūfīyâ | Monufia | شبين الكومŠibīnu l-Kawm | |
| EG-MT | محافظة مطروحMuḥāfaẓâẗu Maṭrūḥ | Matrouh | مرسى مطروحMarsá Maṭrūḥ | |
| EG-PTS | محافظة بور سعيدMuḥāfaẓâẗu Būr Saʿīd | Port Said | بور سعيدBūr Saʿīd | |
| EG-SHG | محافظة سوهاجMuḥāfaẓâẗu Sawhāǧ | Sohag | سوهاجSawhāǧ | |
| EG-SHR | محافظة الشرقيةMuḥāfaẓâẗu š-Šarqīyâ | Al Sharqia | الزقازيقaz-Zaqāzīq | |
| EG-SIN | محافظة شمال سيناءMuḥāfaẓâẗu Šimāli Sīnāʾ | North Sinai | العريشal-ʿArīš | |
| EG-SUZ | محافظة السويسMuḥāfaẓâẗu s-Suways | Suez | السويسas-Suways | |
| EG-WAD | محافظة الوادى الجديدMuḥāfaẓâẗu l-Wādī l-Ǧadīd | New Valley | الخارجةal-Ḫāriǧâ | |
Codes: ISO 3166-2:EG on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from the English Wikipedia table that reproduces it on 28 October 2026, which also records the 2011 mergers; English names from the same table. Arabic names and capitals: the 2016 edition of this list.
06 · GovernoratesU+0642 ARABIC LETTER QAF
Capitals that do not share the governorate name
Most governorates are named after their capital, as Asyūṭ, Aswān or Dumyāṭ. Others take the name of a region and are governed from a town with another name: the Red Sea (al-Baḥr al-Aḥmar) from al-Ġardaqa, al-Buḥayra from Damanhūr, al-Šarqīya from al-Zaqāzīq, al-Ġarbīya from Ṭanṭā, al-Qalyūbīya from Banhā and the New Valley (al-Wādī al-Ǧadīd) from al-Ḫāriǧa. The two Sinai governorates sit in al-ʿArīš in the north and al-Ṭūr in the south.
Luxor (EG-LX) entered ISO 3166-2 in 2007. Two governorates added in 2010, Helwan (EG-HU) and Sixth of October (EG-SU), were merged back into Cairo and Giza in 2011 and have left the list, which again counts 27 governorates.
The Valley of the Kings in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | eng | Valley of the Kings | same as written |
| Afrikaans | afr | Vallei van die Konings | same as written |
| Aragonese | arg | Val d’os Reis | same as written |
| Asturian | ast | Valle de los Reis | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Padşahlar vadisi / Падшаһлар вадиси | Padşahlar vadisi |
| Bosnian | bos | Dolina kraljeva / Долина краљева / دۉلٖىنا قراڵەوا | Dolina kraljeva |
| Breton | bre | Traoñienn ar Roueed | same as written |
| Catalan | cat | Vall dels Reis | same as written |
| Czech | ces | Údolí králů | same as written |
| Welsh | cym | Dyffryn y Brenhinoedd | same as written |
| Danish | dan | Kongernes Dal | same as written |
| German | deu | Tal der Könige | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Valo de reĝoj | same as written |
| Estonian | est | Kuningate Org | same as written |
| Basque | eus | Erregeen Harana | same as written |
| Finnish | fin | Kuninkaiden laakso | same as written |
| French | fra | Vallée des rois | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Fallei fan de Keningen | same as written |
| Friulian | fur | Val dai Rês | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Gleann na Ríthe | same as written |
| Galician | glg | Val dos Reis | same as written |
| Hausa | hau | Kwarin Sarakunan | same as written |
| Croatian | hrv | Dolina kraljeva | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Királyok völgye | same as written |
| Indonesian | ind | Lembah Para Raja | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Dalur konunganna | same as written |
| Italian | ita | Valle dei Re | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Newala Keyanê | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Vallis regibus | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Karaļu ieleja | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Karalių slėnis | same as written |
| Luxembourgish | ltz | Dall vun de Kinneken | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Wied tal-Rejiet | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Valea Regilor / Валя Реӂилор | Valea Regilor |
| Malay | msa | Lembah Raja-raja / لمبه راج٢ | Lembah Raja-raja |
| Dutch | nld | Vallei van de Koningen | same as written |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | nno | Kongedalen | same as written |
| Norwegian Bokmål | nob | Kongenes dal | same as written |
| Occitan | oci | Val dels Reis | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Dolina Królów | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Vale dos Reis | same as written |
| Romansh | roh | Val dals retgs | same as written |
| Romanian | ron | Valea Regilor | same as written |
| Sicilian | scn | Vaddi dî Re | same as written |
| Slovak | slk | Údolie kráľov | same as written |
| Slovenian | slv | Dolina kraljev | same as written |
| Spanish | spa | Valle de los Reyes | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Lugina e Mbretërve | same as written |
| Swahili | swa | Bonde la Wafalme | same as written |
| Swedish | swe | Konungarnas dal | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Lambak ng mga Hari | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Patyşalar jülgesi / Патышалар җүлгеси | Patyşalar jülgesi |
| Turkish | tur | Krallar Vadisi | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Shohlar vodiysi / Шоҳлар водийси / شاھلەر ۋادىيسى | Shohlar vodiysi |
| Vietnamese | vie | Thung lũng các vị vua | same as written |
| Yoruba | yor | Ìfonífojì àwọn Ọba | same as written |
| Bashkir | bak | Батшалар үҙәне / Batşalar üźäne | Batşalar üźäne |
| Belarusian | bel | Даліна цароў / Dalina caroŭ | Dalina caroŭ |
| Bulgarian | bul | Долина на царете | Dolina na carete |
| Kazakh | kaz | Патшалар алқабы / پاتشالار القابى / Patşalar alqabı | Patşalar alqabı |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Падышалар өрөөнү / پادىشالار ۅرۅۅنۉ / Padışalar öröönü | Padışalar öröönü |
| Macedonian | mkd | Долина на кралевите | Dolina na kralevite |
| Mongolian | mon | Хаадын хөндий | Ȟaadyn ȟöndij |
| Russian | rus | Долина царей | Dolina carej |
| Serbian | srp | Долина краљева / Dolina kraljeva | Dolina kraljeva |
| Tatar | tat | Патшалар үзәне / Patşalar üzäne / پاتشالار ئۈزەنې | Patşalar üzäne |
| Tajik | tgk | Водии подшоҳон / وادی پادشاهان / Vodiji podşohon | Vodiji podşohon |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Долина царів | Dolyna cariv |
| Arabic | ara | وادي الملوك | Wādī l-Mulūk |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | پادشاهلار وادیسی / Padşahlar vadisi | Padşahlar vadisi |
| Persian | fas | درهٴ پادشاهان / Darreye Pâdešâhân | Darreye Pâdešâhân |
| Pashto | pus | د بادشاهانو دره | də Bādšāhānō darâ |
| Uyghur | uig | پادىشاھ جىلغىسى / Padishah jilghisi / Падишаһ җилғиси | Padishah jilghisi |
| Urdu | urd | بادشاہوں کی وادی | Bādšāhōṅ kī vādī |
| Hebrew | heb | עמק המלכים | ʿEmeq ha-Məlaḫīm |
| Ladino | lad | בﬞאיי די לוס רייס / Vaye de los Reyes | Vaye de los Reyes |
| Yiddish | yid | טאָל פֿון די מלכים | Tol fun di Mloḫim |
| Greek | ell | Κοιλάδα των Βασιλέων | Koiláda tōn Vasiléōn |
| Armenian | hye | Արքաների հովիտը | Ark̕aneri hovitẹ |
| Georgian | kat | მეფეთა ხეობა | Meṗeṭa ȟeoba |
| Hindi | hin | राजाओं की घाटी | Rājāoṃ kī gʰāṭī |
| Bengali | ben | রাজাদের উপত্যকা | Rājāder upôtẏôkā |
| Kannada | kan | ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಕಣಿವೆ | Rājakīya kaṇive |
| Malayalam | mal | രാജാക്കന്മാരുടെ താഴ്വര | Rājākkanmāruṭe tāḻvara |
| Tamil | tam | மன்னர்கள் பள்ளத்தாக்கு | Maṉṉarkaḷ paḷḷattākku |
| Telugu | tel | రాజుల లోయ | Rājula lōya |
| Chinese | zho | 帝王谷 | Dìwáng Gǔ |
| Japanese | jpn | 王家の谷 | Ōke no Tani |
| Korean | kor | 왕가의계곡 | Wanggaui Gyegok |
| Thai | tha | หุบเขากษัตริย์ | Hupkʰaw Kasât[riy] |
08 · Anthem
Bilādī, bilādī, bilādī: the national anthem
Bilādī, bilādī, bilādī (My homeland) has been the national anthem of Egypt since 1979. The music is by Sayed Darwish; the words of the version sung today are by Younis al-Qadi.
09 · Questions
Questions about the name Egypt
What is the official name of Egypt?
جمهورية مصر العربية (Ǧumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʿArabīya), in English the Arab Republic of Egypt.
What does Misr mean?
Miṣr (مصر) is the Arabic name of Egypt itself. Turkish writes it Mısır, Swahili Misri and Indonesian Mesir.
What are the ISO codes of Egypt?
EG, EGY and 818 in ISO 3166-1. The governorates run from EG-ALX for Alexandria to EG-WAD for the New Valley.