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Egypt
Egypt
	Egypt Location within Buckinghamshire
Civil parish	Farnham Royal;
Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire;
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SLOUGH
Postcode district	SL2
Dialling code	01753
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
	List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51°33′49″N 0°36′54″W / 51.563706°N 0.615106°W

Egypt is a hamlet in the South Bucks district of Buckinghamshire, England.^[1]^[2] It is located within Farnham Royal civil parish, just to the north of Farnham Common, and on the edge of Burnham Beeches.

It is thought that the hamlet was so named because it was a common settling point for Romani travellers,^[3] and the term "gypsy" for such people derives from the Greek Αιγύπτιοι (Aigyptioi), meaning Egyptian.

References

^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 175 Reading & Windsor (Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319232149.
^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^ Peter Macdiarmid (26 August 2014). "British towns with foreign names – in pictures". The Guardian. Locals think the name derived from a time when there was a gypsy encampment in the area