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.
The title of Pharaoh actually comes to us from the Greek language and its use in the Old Testament. It originates in the Egyptian Per-aa, meaning Great House, a designation of the palace, which first came to be used as a label for the king around 1450 BC, though it only became common usage some centuries later.