Africa
L'Égypte
Egypt
feminineGoing there, being there
en Égypte
Coming from
d'Égypte
Why
L'Égypte is feminine, and a feminine country name takes en: en Égypte.
Example
Nous sommes restés dix jours en Égypte, dont trois au Caire.
We stayed ten days in Egypt, three of them in Cairo.
Worth knowing
The country is feminine (en Égypte), but its capital carries a masculine article: you go au Caire. The two prepositions differ in the same sentence.
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