{"def":{"lit":"double straits","short":"Aegyptus, the land of the Nile","long":["a country occupying the northeast angle of Africa","metaphorically Jerusalem, for the Jews persecuting the Christ and his followers, and so to be likened to the Egyptians treating the Jews"]},"deriv":"of uncertain derivation","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈɛ.ɣy.ptos","ipa_mod":"ˈe.ʝju.ptows","sbl":"aigyptos","dic":"EH-goo-ptose","dic_mod":"A-gyoo-ptose"}}