After the 3.56bn euros rebate is taken into account, the UK's net contribution was 7.25bn euros (Â£5.85bn), according to the EU financial report .This represents around 0.87 per cent of UK public spending in 2011 - approximately the same amount spent on the NHS.
Egypt: The Origin of the Name, Egypt. The Origin of the Word, Egypt. by Nermin Sami and Jimmy Dunn. Over the millenniums, Egypt has had many names in many different languages. Today, its official name is Junhuriyah Misr al-Arabiyah, which in English means the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Early names for Upper and Lower Egypt were Ta-Sheme'aw and Ta-Mehew. Another name for ancient Egypt was Kemet (black land). The Greeks gave Egypt its widely-used name (Agyptos) and the modern Arabic name Misr is from the Semitic Mitzrayim). During its period as a Christian nation (Roman and Byzantine era), it was called Copt, and the language is referred to as Coptic. Christianity was bought to Egypt by St. Mark around 42 AD.