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The long centuries of contact of foreigners with Egypt resulted in many Egyptian words being passed into other languages, including modern English. Some of these are "culture" words such as "pharaoh," or place-names such as "Memphis," but there are other words of certain or possible Egyptian origin that are in common use in English. A few examples are ebony, oasis, ibis, gum, adobe, ammonia, nitrogen, and sack.
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