Editors should generally follow it, though
exceptions may apply. Substantive edits to this page should reflect
consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on the
talk page.
This section describes the naming conventions for Egyptian cities, villages, etc.
Official name
This is simply the conventional English name of a place.
If there are more than one candidate
English name for the place, you should only use one name as the official name. Ideally, the official name is the most accepted
English equivalent of the official
Arabic name (like
Benha for بنها).
For
Cairo, please use ⲕⲁϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ. Refer to this awesome
discussion on incubator for details. Although we have strong evidence that the area that is now called
Cairo has been called
the house of Ra (ka-Ra) for thousands of years before
FatimidCairo was established, as
Ra has been the official god of
Heliopolis هليوبوليس, the city of the sun (compare this with ka-ptah (the house of
Ptah), which is
Memphis),[2] and although we also have strong evidence that the place was called ka-Ra in the
Pyramid Texts نصوص الأهرام, we still don't have enough evidence to assume that the Coptic word "ⲕⲁϩⲓⲣⲏ", which appears to be a constructed word that gained popularity because of its
folk etymology, has been used as commonly as "ⲕⲁϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ".
Check the lists below for official administrative names.
Ordering:
If the place has multiple types, you are free to include only one type (the best known one) or more. For instance,
Borg El Arab is both a
markaz and a
city.
Editors should generally follow it, though
exceptions may apply. Substantive edits to this page should reflect
consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on the
talk page.
This section describes the naming conventions for Egyptian cities, villages, etc.
Official name
This is simply the conventional English name of a place.
If there are more than one candidate
English name for the place, you should only use one name as the official name. Ideally, the official name is the most accepted
English equivalent of the official
Arabic name (like
Benha for بنها).
For
Cairo, please use ⲕⲁϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ. Refer to this awesome
discussion on incubator for details. Although we have strong evidence that the area that is now called
Cairo has been called
the house of Ra (ka-Ra) for thousands of years before
FatimidCairo was established, as
Ra has been the official god of
Heliopolis هليوبوليس, the city of the sun (compare this with ka-ptah (the house of
Ptah), which is
Memphis),[2] and although we also have strong evidence that the place was called ka-Ra in the
Pyramid Texts نصوص الأهرام, we still don't have enough evidence to assume that the Coptic word "ⲕⲁϩⲓⲣⲏ", which appears to be a constructed word that gained popularity because of its
folk etymology, has been used as commonly as "ⲕⲁϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ".
Check the lists below for official administrative names.
Ordering:
If the place has multiple types, you are free to include only one type (the best known one) or more. For instance,
Borg El Arab is both a
markaz and a
city.