Egypt is predominantly desert. 35,000 km 2 - 3.5% - of the total land area is cultivated and permanently settled. Most of the country lies within the wide band of desert that stretches eastwards from Africa's Atlantic Coast across the continent and into southwest Asia. Egypt's geological history has produced four major physical regions: 1  Nile Valley and Nile Delta. 2  Western Desert (from the Nile west to the Libyan border) 3  Eastern Desert (extends from the Nile Valley all the way to the Red Sea coast) 4  Sinai Peninsula.
Synonyms of despise: look down on, loathe, scorn, disdain, spurn | Collins English Thesaurus English Thesaurus | Dictionary | Translator | Grammar | Scrabble | Blog English
Origin. Middle English (originally used as a noun meaning 'contempt, scorn' in the phrase in despite of): from Old French despit, from Latin despectus 'looking down on', past participle (used as a noun) of despicere (see despise) . Definition of despite in: 1  US English dictionary. 2  English synonyms.