Why do we call Egypt 'Egypt' instead of 'Misr'?

When Egypt became “Misr” in Arabic Europeans didn't adopt the name because they already had one, and my guess is Egypt didn't really press the issue. read more

The Egyptians originally called their country Kemet. Arabs are relative newcomers in Egypt, as one can see from their modern name for the country Misr. The English name Egypt comes from Minoan Hakapityo - which is what the Minoans called the country (which they knew as an important trading partner). read more

It was common in ancient Egypt to use the name of the capital as the name of the whole country, so the Greeks took this as the name of Egypt as a whole. The main name for all of Egypt was Kemet. Misr is a more recent name. read more