Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Egypt)

This page provides documentation for the naming conventions for articles that are related to Egypt. For style manual, see manual of style for Egypt-related articles. This page complements the general guidelines which are given by Wikipedia:Naming conventions.

Placenames

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This section describes the naming conventions for Egyptian cities, villages, etc.

Official name

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This is simply the conventional English name of a place.

  • If there are more than one candidate English name for the place, you should only use one name as the official name. Ideally, the official name is the most accepted English equivalent of the official Arabic name (like Benha for بنها).

Alternative names

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These are alternative English names that are commonly used to refer to the place in English language

  • Example: Antinopolis is also known/written as Antinoopolis.
  • No specific ordering rules here.

Native names

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The native names for a place in Egypt are the Arabic, Coptic, and Greek names of that place.

Arabic

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Coptic

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  • For Cairo, please use ⲕⲁϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ. Refer to this awesome discussion on incubator for details. Although we have strong evidence that the area that is now called Cairo has been called the house of Ra (ka-Ra) for thousands of years before Fatimid Cairo was established, as Ra has been the official god of Heliopolis هليوبوليس, the city of the sun (compare this with ka-ptah (the house of Ptah), which is Memphis),[2] and although we also have strong evidence that the place was called ka-Ra in the Pyramid Texts نصوص الأهرام, we still don't have enough evidence to assume that the Coptic word "ⲕⲁϩⲓⲣⲏ", which appears to be a constructed word that gained popularity because of its folk etymology, has been used as commonly as "ⲕⲁϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ".

Greek

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Administrative units

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General guidelines

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Guidelines:

  • Check the lists below for official administrative names.

Ordering:

  • If the place has multiple types, you are free to include only one type (the best known one) or more. For instance, Borg El Arab is both a markaz and a city.

Examples:

Specific guidelines

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Alexandria

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  • Alexandria Governorate:
    • Districts (collectively known as city of Alexandria):
      1. Second Montaza district حي المنتزة ثان
      2. First Montaza district حي المنتزة أول
      3. East district حي شرق
      4. Middle district حي وسط
      5. Gomrok district حي الجمرك
      6. West district حي غرب
      7. Agamy district حي العجمي
      8. First Amriyya district حي العامرية أول
      9. Second Amriyya district حي العامرية ثان
    • Markazes:
      1. Borg El-Arab markaz مركز برج العرب:
    • Notes:
      1. All the districts together, except Borg El-Arab, make up Alexandria city مدينة الإسكندرية.
      2. Don't confuse districts أحياء with neighborhoods مناطق سكنية, like Karmoz كرموز and Louran (neighborhood) لوران. See: Neighbourhoods of Alexandria.

Cairo

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Giza

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  • Giza Governorate:
    • Districts (collectively known as city of Giza):
      1. Warraq district حي الوراق
      2. North district حي شمال
      3. Agouza district حي العجوزة
      4. Dokki district حي الدقي
      5. Boulaq Eldakrour district حي بولاق الدكرور
      6. Omarniyya district حي العمرانية
      7. South district حي جنوب
      8. Pyramids district حي الهرم
    • Markazes:
      1. Kirdasa markaz مركز كرداسة
        • Kirdasa city مدينة كرداسة
      2. Mansha'et Elqanater markaz مركز منشأة القناطر
        • Mansha'et Elqanater city مدينة منشأة القناطر
      3. Ousim markaz مركز اوسيم
        • Ousim city مدينة أوسيم
      4. Abolnomrous markaz مركز أبو النمرس
        • Abolnomrous city مدينة أبو النمرس
      5. Hawamdiyya markaz مركز الحوامدية
        • Hawamdiyya city مدينة الحوامدية
      6. Badrasheen markaz مركز البدرشين
        • Badrasheen city مدينة البدرشين
      7. Ayyat markaz مركز العياط
        • Ayyat city مدينة العياط
      8. Elsaff markaz مركز الصف
        • Elsaff city مدينة الصف
      9. Atfih markaz مركز أطفيح:
        • Atfih city مدينة أطفيح
      10. Wahat Baharyyia مركز الواحات البحرية:
        • Baweety city مدينة الباويطي
    • Autonomous areas:
      1. Sheikh Zayed city مدينة الشيخ زايد
      2. October city مدينة السادس من أكتوبر
    • Notes:
      1. Imbaba is no longer a stand-alone markaz. Both Imbaba إمبابة and Munira المنيرة are suburbs of the official North district حي شمال.

Qalyubiyya

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  • Qalyubiyya Governorate:
    • Districts (collectively known as city of Shubra El Kheima):
      1. East Shubra El Kheima district حي شرق شبرا الخيمة
      2. West Shubra El Kheima district حي غرب شبرا الخيمة
    • Markazes:
      1. Khanka markaz مركز الخانكة
        • Khanka city مدينة الخانكة
        • Khusus city مدينة الخصوص
      2. Shebeen Elqanater markaz مركز شبين القناطر
        • Shebeen Elqanater city مدينة شبين القناطر
      3. Elqanater Elkhayriyya markaz مركز القناطر الخيرية
        • Elqanater Elkhayriyya city مدينة القناطر الخيرية
      4. Qalyub markaz مركز قليوب
        • Qalyub city مدينة قليوب
      5. Tukh markaz مركز طوخ
        • Qaha city مدينة قها
        • Tukh city مدينة طوخ
      6. Benha markaz مركز بنها
      7. Kafr Shukr markaz مركز كفر شكر
        • Kafr Shukr city مدينة كفر شكر

References

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  1. ^ Ishak, Emile Maher (September 1975). The phonetics and phonology of the Bohairic dialect of Coptic. The university of Oxford.
  2. ^ Bonnet, Hans. Reallexikon der Ägyptischen Religionsgeschichte (in German).