Study Abroad Dictionary

Misr

1. N. Arabic name for Egypt (officially:Jumhuriyyat Misr al-Arabiyya).

2. N. Egyptian Arabic name for Cairo.

3. N. Something unpleasant that you can step in, usually found on neighborhood roads (e.g. puddles of dirty water, animal droppings). I was walking down the street, and I got misr all over my foot.

4. Exclamatory. Misr! My clean shirts fell off the clothesline into the dirt!

Egypt

1. Country located in northeast Africa.

2. V. To cram large numbers of people into a small space (e.g. an apartment or shuttle). Nobody gets left behind, we're going to Egypt it.