Today, Syria and Libya use Arabicised Greek names Sūrīyah and Lībiyā instead of more traditional Arabic names like al-Shām and Ṭarābulus, but Egypt still calls itself Miṣr (or, Maṣr). Was there ever any debate or support for changing the name to something derived from Aigyptos or Kmt/Kmy?

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