Editing Luxor (section)

== Etymology ==
The name ''Luxor''{{efn|{{langx|ar|الأقصر|al-ʾuqṣur|lit=the palaces}}, pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ʌ|k|s|ɔr|,_|ˈ|l|ʊ|k|-}},<ref>''Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.'' Eleventh Edition. Merriam-Webster, 2006. p. 1557.</ref> {{IPA|arz|ˈloʔsˤoɾ}}, <small>[[Saidi Arabic|Upper Egyptian]]:</small> {{IPA|[ˈloɡsˤor]}}}} derives from the Arabic {{lang|ar|قصر}} {{Transliteration|ar|qaṣr}}, meaning "castle" or "palace", in the plural form ''al-quṣūr'' (“the palaces").<ref name="Co1905">{{cite book |author=Macmillan & Co |title=Guide to Egypt and the Sudan: Including a Description of the Route Through Uganda to Mombasa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xadDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA105 |year=1905 |publisher=Macmillan |page=115}}</ref><ref>Verner, Miroslav (2013). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Khh0BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA232&lpg=PA232 ''Temple of the World: Sanctuaries, Cults, and Mysteries of Ancient Egypt.''] Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, p. 232. {{ISBN|9789774165634}}. ({{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322075634/https://books.google.com/books?id=Khh0BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA232|date=March 22, 2017}}.)</ref>{{efn|Qasr may be a loanword from the [[Latin]] ''castrum'' "fortified camp".<ref>Shahîd, Irfan (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=pfwAG3-rpzcC&pg=PA68 ''Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century.''] Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, p. 68. {{ISBN|9780884022848}}. ({{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322083330/https://books.google.com/books?id=pfwAG3-rpzcC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68 |date=March 22, 2017 }}.)</ref>}} It may be equivalent to the Greek and Coptic toponym τὰ Τρία Κάστρα ''ta tria kastra'' and ⲡϣⲟⲙⲧ ⲛ̀ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ ''pshomt enkastron'' respectively, which both mean "three castles".<ref name=":0" />

The [[Coptic language#Sahidic|Sahidic Coptic]] name ''Pape''{{efn|{{Langx|cop|ⲡⲁⲡⲉ}}, pronounced {{IPA|cop|ˈpapə}}}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.trismegistos.org/place/2985 |title=TM Places |website=www.trismegistos.org |access-date=2019-12-08 |archive-date=September 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927081159/https://www.trismegistos.org/place/2985 |url-status=live }}</ref> comes from Demotic ''Ỉp.t'' meaning 'the [[adyton]],' which, in turn, is derived from the [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]]. The Greek forms ''Ἀπις'' and ''Ὠφιεῖον'' come from the same source.<ref name=":0" /> The Egyptian village of [[Aba al-Waqf]]{{efn|{{langx|ar|أبا الوقف}}, {{Langx|grc|Ωφις}}}} shares the same etymology.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Peust |first=Carsten |title=Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypte |year=2010 |location=Göttingen |pages=10}}</ref>

The Greek name is Thebes ({{langx|grc|Θῆβαι}}) or Diospolis. The [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] name of the city is ''Waset'', also known as ''Nut'' ({{Langx|cop|ⲛⲏ}}),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nwt |title=nwt - Wiktionary |website=en.wiktionary.org |date=September 25, 2019 |access-date=2019-12-08 |archive-date=December 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208131336/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nwt |url-status=live }}</ref> written as <hiero>i-pA-t:pr</hiero> and <hiero>i-p:t-O45-M24-t:N21-Z1</hiero>.