Claim: The official name of Egypt it the Confederation of Egyptian States.
Evidence: Egypt -LRB- -LSB- ˈiːdʒɪpt -RSB- ; مِصر , مَصر , Kimi -RRB- , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt , is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula.