Rank 37 of 983 words1 place
Egypt
3 English words in this atlas point back to Egypt, spread across 1 place.
| Word | The place | Relationship | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egyptian MauMau just means cat; the breed is a 1950s project built on Egyptian imports. | Egypt | From its people | Probable |
| GypsyThe name preserves a five-hundred-year-old mistake about where Romani people came from. | Egypt | From the place | Well attested |
| walk like an EgyptianThe pose copies a drawing convention: Egyptian artists showed head and legs in profile but the shoulders square to the viewer. | Egypt | From the place | Well attested |