"" (; "") is the Classical Quranic Arabic and modern official name of Egypt, while "" (; ) is the local pronunciation in Egyptian Arabic. The name is of Semitic origin, directly cognate with other Semitic words for Egypt such as the Hebrew "" (""). The oldest attestation of this name for Egypt is the Akkadian "mi-iṣ-ru" ("miṣru") related to ''miṣru/miṣirru/miṣaru'', meaning "border" or "frontier". The Neo-Assyrian Empire used the derived term 60px, ''Mu-ṣur''.