In the pre-history period of Egypt, and during the Old Kingdom, Egypt was referred to as Kemet, or simply Kmt, which means "The Black Nation" or "The Black City". The name for Egypt was originated by the Greeks, as Ae-gyp-t-os. Over the millenniums, Egypt has had many names in many different languages. Today, its official name is Junhuriyah Misr al-Arabiyah, which in English means the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Egyptians themselves today refer to Egypt as Misr. Misr is an Arabic name simply meaning "country", and part of the tradition of this term as a name for Egypt comes from the Islamic Quran. The Arabs who invaded Egypt, like the Greeks, had problems pronouncing the term, Ae-gyp-t-os, which means "Egyptian citizen". Essentially, they changed the word to Copti. Of course, at that time, Egypt was a Christian nation, so the term became limited to actual Egyptian Christians as the country became more and more Muslim.
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Stop lying the truth is not anything like what your saying these people had their OWN belief before being invaded ,which show they were PEACEFUL PEOPLE who had NOTHING to do with Christianity ,how can they have believed in someone who didn't even exist come on where is you getting this history from some lying sacks of dung THE TRUTH IS NOT A LIE. LEARN TO TELL IT BY!
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