Egypt - Aegyptos - etymology.
The claim is that Egypt's name comes from the Greek Aegyptos, which was the Greek pronunciation of the ancient Egyptian name Hwt Ka Ptah, ''Mansion of the Spirit of Ptah'' originally the name of the city of Memphis. HAT means eight, 8. It is a false friend for English speakers (the pronunciation is closer to hut and the symbol used resembles a hut, indeed). I use a Latin transliteration, though, so ''hat'' is read like ''hut'' in English, and not like ''hat''. A Latin transliteration means each letter represents a phonem. So, I do not use English when I transliterate, because it lead to so many confusions in the past. However, please note that the symbolical representation of the word HAT is similar to a HUT, and the English word and meaning. The name of the city of Memphis was MANFRED, not Memphis in Egyptian. The name Aegyptos is really made of GI, which comes from GEB. Gi means earth, soil in Greek. Th...